HOWTO use system call on windows with a space in the path

[Ken Lehman]

I would like to write a perl script for windows that in the right situation
fires off another program, the problem is I can't get it to work using
system or exec calls. The file is in the program files directory I tried 
system(c:\program files\etc...) and some variations but I can't get it to
work
Help is appreciated
Thanks in advance.
-Ken



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Re: HOWTO use system call on windows with a space in the path

[Jenda Krynicky]

From: Ken Lehman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 I would like to write a perl script for windows that in the right
 situation fires off another program, the problem is I can't get it to
 work using system or exec calls. The file is in the program files
 directory I tried system(c:\program files\etc...) and some
 variations but I can't get it to work Help is appreciated Thanks in
 advance. -Ken

(Program SPACE Files was one of the most stupid microsoft inventions)

system( \c:\\program files\\etc\\some.exe\ ... )
or
system( q{c:\program files\etc\some.exe\ ...} )
or
system( qq{c:\\program files\\etc\\some.exe ...} )

Read up about q and qq in 
perldoc perlop

Jenda
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