[sf-perl] A beginners' Question

David Alban extasia at extasia.org
Mon May 7 14:27:23 PDT 2007


readlink() ?  Then execute the target?

perldoc -f readlink

don't know if works in waanderz.

On 5/7/07, nheller at silcon.com <nheller at silcon.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to write a Perl script in Winderz.  At one point in my script,
> I want to launch another Perl script.
>
> system "Perl secondScript.pl";
>
> The problem I'm having is that secondScript.pl is a link to the real
> secondScript.pl (which is at a location with a very long URN) and Perl
> balks at executing the link.
>
> Does anybody have an idea about how I can get around this?

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