'system' takes a list. @options gives it that list in exactly the order that was specified by 'qw'. Space separated items can be combined into a single string or can be standalone list items. Now how would in this case the positional parameters end up in the wrong place?
Comment on Re^2: Redirect output of the system() command
I wasn't clear in my previous node - what I meant by "wrong place" was that multiple spaces would be collapsed in a quoted string. (or maybe I'm making that up now - can't remember what I was thinking).
I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.
-SNL