Re^2: Creating Tarballs in a perl scripts

First of all: Do you really want the outout of tar?

If not you should not use backticks but system.

Perhaps the OP doesn't want to see the output on the display.

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Re^3: Creating Tarballs in a perl scripts by rovf (Priest) on Jun 12, 2012 at 08:36 UTC
Perhaps the OP doesn't want to see the output on the display. IMO it would be natural (and easier to understand) in this case to redirect to the bit bucket... -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l]