Re^3: System path

As the error message suggests, it's attempting to execute a command named "files", so you could try a backslash (presuming the exe is in a subdirectory "files" — otherwise, what's the files/ supposed to be doing?)

system ("files\\pdftotext.exe -nopgbrk -q \"$file\"" );
              ^
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Not all components of Windows handle forward slashes and backslashes equivalently...

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Re^4: System path by welle (Beadle) on Apr 30, 2011 at 13:12 UTC
I think the error is put out when exe doesn't a right path for the PDF file...	[reply]
Re^4: System path by welle (Beadle) on Apr 30, 2011 at 13:10 UTC
"files" is just the directory containing the .exe file. Just to give you an idea. The following works fine `sub convert{ system ("files/pdftotext.exe -nopgbrk - q example.pdf" ); }` [download] It converts example.pdf in example.txt. Crazy enough I am loosing so much time for this stupid thing...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: System path by Eliya (Vicar) on Apr 30, 2011 at 13:19 UTC
I'm no Windows person, but I know that Perl's internal processing of system arguments is rather complex... so maybe the difference of this example here (which works) to the other case with the quoted argument has the effect that the latter is executed via `cmd.exe`, while the former executes `files/pdftotext.exe` directly (in which case the forward slash wouldn't be a problem). Just a guess, though, as at the moment I don't have a Windows to try.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: System path by Anonymous Monk on Apr 30, 2011 at 12:57 UTC
I agree with you in principle `$ MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe -V:sh sh='cmd /x /c'; $ MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/perl.exe -V:sh 'MSWin32-x86-multi-thread' is not recognized as an internal or externa +l command, operable program or batch file. $ "MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/perl.exe" -V:sh sh='cmd /x /c'; $ perl -e " system qq[MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/perl.exe -V:sh ] " sh='cmd /x /c'; $ perl -e " system q[MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe -V:sh ] " sh='cmd /x /c';` [download]	[reply] [d/l]