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Re: 1.5.5 and perl 5.8.2-5: bug with perl's system()- FALSE ALARM
Sorry, but this was a false alarm.
After more experiments, I discovered that the problem was due to a
missing back-slash before an at-sign. (My mistake.)
... Reed
On Saturday 22 November 2003 06:06, you wrote:
> 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")
>
> ?
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Reed White - ALTA RESEARCH - 877-360-2582
alta@alta-research.com - www.alta-research.com
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