Re: cat (.sh) in Perl On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 01:38:02AM +0100, Seanie wrote:

> As a general rule, if your script contains 'system()' anywhere in it, you've 
> done it wrong.

I think this is a little strong.  Or a little general.  Or something.

Sometimes a calling system() is exactly the right thing to do.
Sometimes it isn't.  Determining which is which is part of what it takes
to become a good Perl programmer.

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Paul Johnson - paul@pjcj.net
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