Re^6: Can't spawn "cmd.exe":

Seems more like a bug in cmd.exe to me

C:\test\test\test>cmd "/c dir *"
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 8C78-4B42

 Directory of C:\test\test\test

18/03/2009  20:13    <DIR>          .
18/03/2009  20:13    <DIR>          ..
...

C:\test\test\test>cmd "/c dir "
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 8C78-4B42

 Directory of C:\test\test\test

18/03/2009  20:13    <DIR>          .
18/03/2009  20:13    <DIR>          ..
...
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Re^7: Can't spawn "cmd.exe": by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 19, 2009 at 01:05 UTC
One swallow does not a summer make :) Are you talking about `dir` being unique, or `cmd` being unique? :) I agree it's sensible to use `system("cmd", $args)`. Note that it doesn't generalize to `system($prog, $args)`. Try `perl "-l foo.pl"`, for example.	[reply] [d/l] [select]