Jan Eden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to call wget using system like this:
>
> system("wget -O /dev/null", "http://janeden.org/test/file.txt";);
>
> This does not work:
>
> Can't exec "wget -O /dev/null": No such file or directory at
> ./wgetrec.pl line 6.
>
> Ok, so how about this:
>
> system("wget", "-O /dev/null http://janeden.org/test/file.txt";);
>
> No go:
>
> wget: missing URL
>
> Without additional options,
>
> system("wget", "http://janeden.org/test/file.txt";);
>
> works fine.
>
> How can I pass an option to system's first argument in a setting like
> this?
This is explained in 'perldoc -f system'
You either need to separate all the args yourself, or pass a single string
to system so the shell can split the args. You're trying to do both.
either:
system("wget -O /dev/null http://janeden.org/test/file.txt";)
or:
system('wget', '-O', '/dev/null', 'http://janeden.org/test/file.txt')
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