%% Daniel Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dp> Since even on Unix these calls don't come for free either, I'd dp> like to suggest that you take up the concept of Perl's system dp> function. That scans the string passed for shell meta-characters dp> and, if none are found, splits it up on whitespace and executes dp> the command itself.
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