perl system() interactive/noninteractive question

[renegadex]

i have this code inside a perl script.

system('gvfs-mount smb://192.168.1.108/public');

if i open a gnome-terminal and run my script there, the network share is mounted on my computer. but if i change the permission of the script into 'allow executing file as a program' and double clicked on the script and select run. i doesnt mount the network share. the same happens when i create a desktop launcher(application). but if i create a desktop launcher(application in terminal) it mounts properly. what is happening? i need to run the script as an application and not an application in terminal.

[ikegami]

Sounds like gvfs-mount wants a terminal. I don't see what this has to do with Perl.

[Anonymous Monk]

When it fails to mount, what is the error message you get?

[renegadex]

hey thats funny, i was trying to figure out how to extract the error message, and was having no success. and i thought i might need to put the header line

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

to enable warnings and my script can now mount! wow i think problem is solved! tnx for the reply!

[Anonymous Monk]

Aha, the old shebang quandry

[ahmad]

Try specifying the full path of the command gvfs-mount command, and make sure you have all the required environment variables set in your perl script.