On 5/14/07, Tatiana Lloret Iglesias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip
my $status = system("d:\\blast\\bin\\blastall -p blastn -i $file -d $patDB -o $workdir\\blast_$blast_file_id.txt");
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Just an unrelated note to make your life a little easier, Perl automagically uses the right directory separator if you say system("d:/blast/bin/blastall", "-p", "blastn", "-i", $file, ...); That saves you from trying to make sure you have escaped all of the backslashes escaped correctly. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/