in reply to Re^2: IPC::Run3 error
in thread IPC::Run3 error

Except that there is, and it comes from gnuwin32, and its the cause of the error messages "dir: /b: No such file or directory " ...

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Re^4: IPC::Run3 error
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 10, 2011 at 19:43 UTC

    The garbage he's giving to it (e.g. "/b") is the cause of the error messages.

    If he invokes dir through a shell, the shell builtin would be invoked, and it takes "/b".

    If he invokes dir dircetly, the gnuwin32 executable would be invoked, and it doesn't take "/b".

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