in reply to Re^4: IPC::Run on Windows, path separator
in thread IPC::Run on Windows, path separator

Whatever we think of it, we're stuck with it because of backwards compatibility reasons. Note that 

system { $cmd[0] } @cmd;

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appears to work as documented, except for the error code.

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Re^6: IPC::Run on Windows, path separator
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 27, 2010 at 16:25 UTC

    Hm. I'd never seen that syntax. I know exec doesn't make sense on my OS, so I've never looked at that part of the docs. There's always something new to learn, even if it is non-useful :)

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