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Re: system on Windows (Was: Memory leak in backticks and system)

From: Aristotle Pagaltzis <paga...@gmx.de>
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 01:23:23 +0200 
* Smylers <Smyl...@stripey.com> [2014-04-17 19:40]:
> Currently perldoc -f system only mentions the system PROGRAM LIST> syntax as being for lying to a program about its name — something> which is considerably more niche than wanting to run an external> command, and do so safely on any platform. It says to see exec for the> details.

There is another use that I’ve needed far more often: if LIST can ever
be shorter than 2 elements – variable-length, in all likelihood –, you
need the `system PROGRAM LIST` form to force bypassing the shell.

Likewise with `exec`.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
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