Re: Perl calling command prompt?

If my guess is right then ...it is the solution...

You have to use "command" if your Windows OS is below 2000 like...

system ("command");

else if your Windows OS is greater or equal to Windows OS 2000 then use "cmd"

system ("cmd");

bye

Don't put off till tomorrow, what you can do today.

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Re^2: Perl calling command prompt? by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 27, 2006 at 08:14 UTC
Windows provides `$ENV{COMSPEC}` to denote the shell, much like unixish OSes have `$ENV{SHELL}`, so a better way on Windows is to launch `$ENV{COMSPEC}`: `system($ENV{COMSPEC}) == 0 or warn "Error launching '$ENV{COMSPEC}': $! / $?'";` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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