Calling mail_files script from Perl

[tbohon]

I am working on an AIX v5 box and the SAs are unwilling to load any of the 'cool' Perl modules for me. What I need to do is send files to customers using an existing script called mail_files (it can be found at

http://personal.ecu.edu/spraguem/mail_files.txt

Everything I've tried has failed ...

I've tried setting up the parameters as a list, using the 'system' command (which seems to me to be the most logical one to use) to call it directly ... nothing but errors.

So the question - has anyone ever used this particular script from within Perl (I use it all the time from the shell) to send attachments?

Thanks in advance as always.

Tom

"My mind is like a steel whatchamacallit ...

 

[KevinADC]

have you tried:

system('/bin/sh program_name');



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