Re: Inconsistent system call from backticks vs system()

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Does $cmd use an absolute path, or relative? If relative, it probably means that the program isn't in $ENV{PATH}. You're probably better off using an absolute path anyway.

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Re: Re: Inconsistent system call from backticks vs system() by Tanalis (Curate) on Jul 01, 2003 at 13:51 UTC
Absolute. That was something I thought about, which is why I tried playing with `chdir`, just in case. It literally seems like an inconsistency in the way `system` and the backticks handle the system call - as I said, if I substitute one for the other, it all works happily. -- Foxcub `#include www.liquidfusion.org.uk`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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