You might want to try using readdir() and opendir() instead. Anyone using backticks in the cgi can cause security holes if they do not use taint. Also, using backticks spawns a separate shell, instead of running in the perl memory space.
-James -----Original Message----- From: Brett W. McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 1:56 PM To: Chuck Cc: PERL-CGI List Subject: Re: Easy way to get output from system() On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Chuck wrote: > I have several CGI's that use system() to get various OS details. > > What is the most reliable way to glean this information after using this > command: > > For example: > > #!/bin/perl > > system("ls -l /tmp") > > How can I get that data? Use backticks: my $output = `ls -l /tmp`; -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bug, n: A son of a glitch. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
