in reply to Re: System() in list mode?
in thread System() in list mode?

Well yea... it uses execvp(). Which should work no?

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Re^3: System() in list mode?
by onelesd (Pilgrim) on Oct 17, 2011 at 21:45 UTC
    There is no shell in LIST mode so setting a PATH variable doesn't have the effect you are looking for. You need to provide full paths to files/binaries, such as /bin/bash.

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    No need to be an a$$ to people taking time out of their lives to help you.

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      So how would you use system() when your program's path has spaces in it?
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      From what I've read it seems as though I'm supposed to use LIST mode?
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        There's no "supposed to" about it.

        Use the multi-arg form if you want to run a program.
        Use the single-arg form if you want to execute a shell command.

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      So then how would you use system() if your program's path name has spaces in it?

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        You can use $WHAT in foo.sh like this. Notice the space.

        system('env', 'WHAT=bar', '/Users/onelesd/Work/space/a space/foo.sh') ;

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