Cygwin Perl system() Invokes exec() Directly?

[Gerrit P. Haase]

Lehr, Matt (GEA, 510425) schrieb am 2001-09-19, 15:40:

Hi Matt,

> Seems like the Cygwin perl system() function calls exec() directly
>rather than passing the command to the shell?
>
> For example:
>
> Under Cygwin perl:
>  /usr/bin/perl -e '$x=system("wc < .bashrc");print"$x $!\n";'
> produces the output:
>  -1 No such file or directory

It does it for me:

$ /usr/bin/perl -e '$x=system("wc < .bashrc");print"$x $!\n";'
    211     539    6250
0

What is your perl summary (perl-V)?
What is pwd?

> Under ActiveState perl:
>  /cygdrive/e/Perl/bin/perl -e '$x=system("wc <
>.bashrc");print"$x $!\n";'
> produces the output (as expected):
>  5	14	93
>  0
>
> Thanks for your efforts...  Version information appears below...

Gerrit


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