Watch the backslashes... Try: system("D:\\ultraedit\\uedit32.exe netlog.txt");
-----Original Message----- From: phumes1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 22 October, 2001 08:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Running application I have the following script which runs UltraEdit but I keep getting an error. I checked the path and it is correct. #!/usr/local/bin/perl # { print ' ------------------------------------------------------------',"\n"; print '%Loading UltraEdit...',"\n"; system("D:\ultraedit\uedit32.exe netlog.txt"); exit 0; } Output: ====== C:\perl load.pl -------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Loading UltraEdit... Bad command or file name C:\ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]