From: Ken Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I would like to write a perl script for windows that in the right
> situation fires off another program, the problem is I can't get it to
> work using system or exec calls. The file is in the program files
> directory I tried system("c:\program files\etc...") and some
> variations but I can't get it to work Help is appreciated Thanks in
> advance. -Ken
(Program SPACE Files was one of the most stupid microsoft inventions)
system( "\"c:\\program files\\etc\\some.exe\" ..." )
or
system( q{"c:\program files\etc\some.exe\" ...} )
or
system( qq{"c:\\program files\\etc\\some.exe" ...} )
Read up about q and qq in
perldoc perlop
Jenda
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