From: Christopher Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Whenever I've had to execute system or shell commands, I use the > backtick operator, the system command, or filehandle half-pipes (or > whatever they are called :). And I've always seen these recommended > whenever someone asks how to do that. > > But recently, I saw the use of the Shell.pm module: > > use Shell qw(who); > > my @who = who(); > > and I wondered what the (dis)advantages of using it are, and why no > one uses it anymore?
I guess there are two reasons. 1) Noone knows about it. 2) With the current version it's not possible to specify a path to the program to run. But IMHO if enhanced a bit, this could be the easies way to run an external command. Jenda =========== [EMAIL PROTECTED] == http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ========== There is a reason for living. There must be. I've seen it somewhere. It's just that in the mess on my table ... and in my brain. I can't find it. --- me -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
