At 11:35 AM 1/31/02 -0500, Dave Benware wrote:
>The line system "dir foo.txt"; returned "Bad command or file name".
>
>foo.txt does exist and I can run dir foo.txt within a dos box just
>fine. Interestingly to me, system "dir"; worked okay. I guess it
>just won't take an argument.
>
>So, have I installed Perl improperly?
Nope. It just thinks that the name of the command you're running is "dir
foo.txt". Separate the arguments explicitly, e.g.,:
C:\WINDOWS>perl -e "system qw(dir mouse.txt)"
Volume in drive C is WIN_C
Volume Serial Number is 3C20-89C9
Directory of C:\WINDOWS
MOUSE TXT 5,946 04-23-99 10:22p MOUSE.TXT
1 file(s) 5,946 bytes
0 dir(s) 7,113.59 MB free
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Peter Scott
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