system

[Tkil]

~sdpm~

>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Fentin <joel at fentin.com> writes:

Joel> print 'form3';
Joel> #system('c:apache\cgi-bin\form4.pl'); #error
Joel> #system('c:\apache\cgi-bin\form4.pl');#error
Joel> #system('form4.pl');                  #error
Joel> #system('./form4.pl');                #error
Joel> #system ('c:apache/cgi-bin/form4.pl'); #error
Joel> #system('c:/apache/cgi-bin/form4.pl');#wont bomb
Joel> #system 'c:/apache/cgi-bin/form4.pl'; #wont bomb
Joel> #system `c:/apache/cgi-bin/form4.pl`; #wont bomb
Joel> #system (`c:/apache/cgi-bin/form4.pl`);#wont bomb

How about:

   system "c:/perl/bin/perl.exe c:/apache/cgi-bin/form4.pl";

(put in the correct path to your perl executable, of course.)  Or
maybe even

   system "c:\\windows\\command.com /c c:\\apache\\cgi-bin\\form4.pl";

Remember that win32 doesn't understand (let alone honor) the "#!"
line, and that the association of "open .pl files with perl" may not
be handled in the system itself (rather, it's handled by the shell);
that's the theory behind getting the first one to work.

If the second one works, it's because command.com might understand the
association of file types, and correctly invoke perl for it.

If neither works, the next thing to ask is: which perl are you using
(ActiveState, CygWin, or other?), and where is it installed, and how
the heck are you getting form3.pl to run when form4.pl is being so
obstinate? :)

t.
~sdpm~

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