Re: Array for system() call

[snafu]

change system(@Call) to system("@Call"); and it will work.

[jconner@kwan ~]$ perl -e '
@Call[0] = "gawk";
@Call[1] = "-f";
@Call[2] = "test.gawk";
@Call[3] = "test.file";
@Call[4] = ">";
@Call[5] = "out.file";
print "system(@Call)\n";'

prints: system(gawk -f test.gawk test.file > out.file)
which wouldn't even work if you literally placed it that way in a script. However, If you ran this: system("gawk -f test.gawk test.file > out.file") in a script that would work. So, therefore, enclose your array in the system() call in quotes. It works. :)

[jconner@kwan ~]$ ls -l out.file
gls: out.file: No such file or directory
[jconner@kwan ~]$ perl -e '
@Call[0] = "ls";
@Call[1] = "-al";
@Call[4] = ">";
@Call[5] = "out.file";
system("@Call");'
[jconner@kwan ~]$ ls -l out.file
-rw-r-----    1 jconner  other        4637 Oct 23 10:56 out.file
[jconner@kwan ~]$

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- Jim