Re^9: System() in list mode?

[ikegami]

in reply to Re^8: System() in list mode?
in thread System() in list mode?

You don't have to do anything at all.

system('tar', 'cvzf', 'my_tarball.tgz', $path);

Again, the multi-arg form of system does not invoke the shell, so you can pass all the spaces, quotes and dollars signs you want and no shell will touch them.