system returns 0. 'system(...) or die' should always die. Does it run the command first? Does this have anything to do with cygwin? i.e., does it perform differently on other systems?
-----Original Message----- From: Jorge Goncalvez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:Making perl script running under bash cygwin Hi, I have this : system("perl -i.orig -pe 's!/home/ftp!/!g' c:/cygwin/etc/passwd") or die; And it dies always althought it works if I run it by Hand in the cygwin bash. Why? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/