Using the System function to point to c:\Progra files

[sumncguy]

Rookie here

I want to be able to run an executable from inside a perl script ...

sub DBAC {
system("zoc.exe");
}
&DBAC

Ive also tried
system("zoc");
system("c:\Program Files\zoc\zoc.exe");

 

[KevinADC]

like this:

system('c:\Program Files\zoc\zoc.exe');

use single-quotes otherwise the backslashes are interpolated as escape characters. Or better, use forward slashes to avoid the interpolation of the back-slashes in directory paths:

system('c:/Program Files/zoc/zoc.exe');

Windows fully supports forward slashes, but DOS does not.

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[sumncguy]

Thanks alot ... apreeech