Hello Reed, RW> Versions: crgwin dll 1.5.5 and perl 5.8.2-5
RW> When executing system() commands in perl, the system fails to handle RW> escaped quotes properly. For example, the following is not parsed RW> properly: RW> system("rsync ... --rsh=\"ssh -l blah\" ... ") RW> ... Reed Does it work when setting: $var = "rsync ... --rsh=\"ssh -l blah\" ..."; system($var); # or system("$var") ? -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen Gerrit P. Haase mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/