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Re: Use of system() considered harmful

by moritz (Cardinal)
on Jun 06, 2008 at 21:03 UTC ( [id://690764]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Use of system() considered harmful

I just create a shell script in /bin/sleep 4, and this:
system '/bin/sleep 4', '';

calls the shell script instead of /bin/sleep with argument 4.

I don't know how many programs take offense from a single, empty argument.

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