There are many API differences between 98 and Win2K Pro (NT Kernel). Code written in Win2K should take you through the latest XP releases with no problem. Let's see what happens with the Longhorn release in the future...
-----Original Message----- From: Michael D. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: system I too have noticed that 'system' commands that worked on win98, don't on win2000 pro. For instance, I could execute a shortcut (using start.exe), that I can find no way to do on 2k. This: system("cmd /c dir /s"); does work on 2k. But this syntax: system('cmd', '/c', 'dir', '/s'); I have found to be more reliable on windoze. And if you put in the full path even more so. And this original one: system("dir /s"); looks like *NIX to me but win98 would call/use start.exe automatically (sometimes -- if it felt like it:), so it could've worked on 98. Double quotes with no interpolation look *INX as well. You can't really expect a script to go from *INX to Windoze without some tweaking. I did expect them to go from 98 to 2000, but almost every one required some fixing and some, I still haven't found the correct method and/or syntax. ms Don't die... With your music still within you. At 07:27 AM 3/9/2004, you wrote: >I've never seen this. > >I have a 2k box with 5.8. This simple one liner will not run. >Any ideas (besides an OS reinstall). Everything else runs just >fine. Only system fails. (All the other boxes run it) > > >system("dir /s"); > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for faster >http://search.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Perl-Win32-Users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
