#!perl.exe $name="C:\\perl test\\perl text.txt"; `"$name"`;
....runs Notepad with the txt file under Windows 2000. The double quotes in `"$name"`; are needed for cmd.exe due to the spaces. /g > -----Original Message----- > From: Rubiniec, Krzysztof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:49 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Calling external executable with parameter under WinNT. > > > > Hi, anybody knows why I can't call external executable with a parameter > under WinNT (I use cmd "shell"). The parameter is a name of file containing > spaces, and that's probably the source of problems. I have been trying to do > that in many ways, but none of them works. > > # for instance > > $batch = 'C:/Program Files/Logictran/r2net.exe'; > $name = 'SPM Change Control_1.rtf'; > system($batch, $name)==0 or die "No way!\n"; > > # also > > $batch="\"C:\\Program Files\\Logictran\\r2net.exe\""; > $name="C:\\www for SDC\\SPM Change Control_1.rtf"; > # or > $name='"C:\\www for SDC\\SPM Change Control_1.rtf"'; > > @lines=`$batch $name`; > #or > system($batch, $name)==0 or die "No way!\n"; > > > when I use no parameter the .exe file is called right (although it's name > also include spaces). > > How to do that? > Thank you in advance > Krzysztof > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
