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So how would you use system() when your program's path has spaces in it?

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Re^5: System() in list mode?
by zentara (Archbishop) on Oct 18, 2011 at 12:59 UTC
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      ...... Hm I'm not sure but if you could give me an example, then maybe it'll make more sense.
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        You sound like a troll, but just in case you are in earnest 
        system ('tar', '-zcvf', 'my_tarball.tgz', '/mypath with spaces/dir' );

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