On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:41:50 +0200, Jan Eden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,
Hello! <<SNIP>> > > How can I pass an option to system's first argument in a setting like this? > > (I know I can use a module instead of calling wget, but this is a more general > issue.) > > Thanks, > > Jan > -- This is ironic: > If all else fails read the instructions. - Donald Knuth First, check out 'perldoc -f system' The answer to you question is in the first paragraph! Second, try passing EACH argument as a seperate value: ((WARNING: I don't have wget, so I couldn't test this!)) system("wget", "-O", "/dev/null", "http://janeden.org/test/file.txt"); --Errin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>