using backticks

[Mahdi A Sbeih]

I am using the below code:

$fmtFile = `$dpImportCmd`;
..
..
unlink($fmtFile) || die "unable to remove $fmtFile\n";

dpImportCmd, is a program that generates a text file, this text file 
name is now in the variable: $fmtFile. Later in the program, I want to 
delete this file, but it fails. I don't know why.

In the perl cookbook, it says "The backticks do not return until the 
called program exits"

Is this related?

Thanks,
mahdi.


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