Help with Back Ticks and calling a program with variables...

basicdez has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there anyreason that back ticks would not accept perl variables? This is all I can guess, but how do I call this rdes program from an exact directory plus the variables as well. I am in great need of help here.

#!/usr/local/bin/perl-Tw

my $datpath          = "/develop/release/cmsidev/dev/cr/cds/comms/x2p/
+LOGS";
my $INI_Ref_Number   = 2;
my $INI_Company_Code = 840;
my $INI_CR2K_Number  = 4308.01;

print "$datpath \n";

system ('$datpath/rdes  $datpath/xxx$INI_CR2K_Number.xml $INI_Ref_Numb
+er $INI_Company_Code  > error.dat ');
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Re: Help with Back Ticks and calling a program with variables... by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Mar 12, 2002 at 20:16 UTC
Um, I don't see any backticks there, but the reason the variables aren't getting interpolated is that you're using single quotes instead of double quotes. Just do this: `system ("$datpath/rdes $datpath/xxx$INI_CR2K_Number.xml $INI_Ref_Number $INI_Company_Code > error.dat ");` HTH	[reply] [d/l]

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