On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Ano Nymus wrote: > Hi, > > the call > > $name = system"uname -a";
perldoc -f system system returns the exit status of the command. You need to use backticks or the qx operator $name = `uname -a`; Better still take a look at the Config module perldoc Config Avoid backticks or system or qx if possible > > prints the result to STDOUT an not in the variable §name > > What can i do to get the result into the $name variable? > > Greetings > > Willy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
