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Re: Perl -system command

"Sachin Shurpali (RBIN/DCA-NMP)" proclaimed:
>  $dif=$filedot.".err";
>     print "\n",$dif,"\n";
>     $EXEC="diff $current $verif > $dif";
> 
> 
>     if(system($EXEC) != 0 ) -
> ---------------------------------------------------------error here
>     {
>         print $!;


Why are you using the system() call?  Why not just use backticks (`)?

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