did you try reading from the open handle FOO?
did you try specifying the *exact* location
of the 'date' program?
this works great on my system:
my $cmd = '/bin/date';
open(X, "$cmd |") || die("blah");
print $line while ($line = <X>);
close(X);
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Chunbo Shao
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 2:37 PM
> To: Perl Win32 Web; ActivePerl
> Subject: system call return back into my perl script
>
>
> I know the return of backstick can give me the thing I want. But now, I
> can only use system or exec to run some command like "date", and I do
> need to assign the screen output to my script variable.
>
> The way of
> open(FOO, "date |") || die;
> is also not work for my purpose.
>
> Pls help me.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Major
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