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in reply to RE: Server Monitor via Web
in thread Server Monitor via Web

With a system("..", ".."); call does it return the output? I thaught it just returned a 1 or a 0 based on if it worked. Can you just put read(filename, $var, size) ? Without opening?

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RE: RE: RE: Server Monitor via Web
by KM (Priest) on May 23, 2000 at 06:11 UTC
    Yes, my fsck-up. I forgot what you were doing for a minute when I saw backticks :) You may want to use a pipe, or look at perlsec to see how to safely emulate backticks with fork() and exec(). Now matter how you do it, good to look into all the other possibilities :)

    Cheers,
    KM

    Re: A negative vote on this post
    Why would someone vote negative on a post where there is not only a correction, but viable options for someone to learn with and raise thier clue factor? C'mon people. Unless you are giving good advice, think before you do this.