Hi Mike, On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 08:13:38 -0600 Mike <ekimduna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Which is generally considered the best practice way of executing system > commands from within a Perl program? > > Should I use backticks or qx//, system(), or exec()? > > Or is there no "best way" and it's just a matter of what you want to return? > These all do different things, and if not given the list form, are suspectible to shell expansion attacks. You may also be interested in https://metacpan.org/release/IPC-Run which allows for even better and more powerful practices. One important note is that the built-in exec on Microsoft Windows currently does not handle the list form correctly: https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36594 Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Summer Glau Facts - http://shlom.in/sglau-facts Sometimes you don’t need to be familiar with a better alternative to know that something sucks. Take Microsoft Word for example. — Shlomi Fish’s friend. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
