Thanks, Errin, Doug and Bob, Errin Larsen wrote on 01.10.2004:
>On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:41:50 +0200, Jan Eden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >>How can I pass an option to system's first argument in a setting >>like this? > >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! > I *did* read the perldoc, of course. But I obviously misunderstood it and carefully avoided *both* working combination (single argument or four arguments to system). I thought that using three arguments (command, options, url) would cause Perl to execute wget -O /dev/null http://janeden.org Obviously, it only does this when getting the whole string split on whitespace *or* in one piece. Should have tried before wasting your time. Sorry. - Jan -- How many Microsoft engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None. They just redefine "dark" as the new standard. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
