On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Edouard Beaugard wrote:
> @info = system `nbtstat -a machinename`;
>
> -or-
>
> 2.
>
> @info = system 'nbtstat -a machinename';
>
> -or-
>
> 3.
>
> @info = system('dir c:\\perl')
>
> None of these work. With 1 I get the error
>
> "A domain controler for Connection: could not be found."
>
> With 2, I get the output but it goes to STDOUT and not the array.
>
> 3 is the same as 2, the output goes to STDOUT and not the array.
You dont want to use system, use the backtick operator (either `` or
qx()):
my @info = qx(nbstat -a machinename);
See the perlop manpage for more information of the backtick operator.
-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/
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