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in reply to What should I know about "secure" system()?

The second one doesn't work because qw returns a quoted list - so you're actually trying to execute this:

system('java, '-jar', '~/src/Project-X_01.0/ProjectX.jar', '-demux');

I think you meant to do this (which should work):

system(q#java -jar ~/src/Project-X_01.0/ProjectX.jar -demux#);

Edit: My apologies. TIL system also takes a list.

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Re^2: What should I know about "secure" system()?
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 18, 2012 at 19:34 UTC

    Edit: My apologies. TIL system also takes a list.

    And that would be the secure form of invocation I was talking about =)