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This is simple prog:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
system('/usr/local/bin/cat aaa');

It works fine and $? = 0

But this prog:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
system('/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb');

doesn't work, and $?=65280, $!='No such file or directory'

'/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb' started manually works fine.


What happens?

May be you forgot to point out the full path.
Especially , when you use crond to run prog.
Try it!
system('/usr/bin/bin /path1/aaa > /path2/bbb');


"ishulz" <> ???
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> This is simple prog:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> system('/usr/local/bin/cat aaa');
>
> It works fine and $? = 0
>
> But this prog:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> system('/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb');
>
> doesn't work, and $?=65280, $!='No such file or directory'
>
> '/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb' started manually works fine.
>
>
> What happens?
>

The same ((

ishulz wrote:

> system('/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb');

Are you sure `ls` is in /usr/bin on the system you're working on? On
my machine (SuSE 9.3), `ls` is in /bin

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'/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb' started manually works fine.

It means that /usr/bin/ls and aaa exists and it's possible to create
and write file bbb.

ishulz wrote:
<snip>

OK, lemme get this straight:

If you type this at a command prompt:

/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb

It works fine (assuming you are in the directory where aaa exists, of
course)

But if you type this in the SAME prompt/directory:

perl -we 'system("cat foo.txt >bbb")'

it does not work.

Is that correct?

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ishulz <> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> This is simple prog:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> system('/usr/local/bin/cat aaa');
>
> It works fine and $? = 0
>
> But this prog:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> system('/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb');
>
> doesn't work, and $?=65280, $!='No such file or directory'
>
> '/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb' started manually works fine.

What's your shell's reply to "alias /usr/bin/ls"?

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ishulz wrote:
> This is simple prog:

>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w

> system('/usr/local/bin/cat aaa');
>
> It works fine and $? = 0
>
> But this prog:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w

> system('/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb');
>
> doesn't work, and $?=65280, $!='No such file or directory'
>
> '/usr/bin/ls aaa >bbb' started manually works fine.
>
>
> What happens?

try this:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use warnings;

my $file = 'aaa';
-f $file ? print $file, " is a file\n" : print $file, " is NOT a
file\n";
system("/usr/bin/ls $file") == 0 or die "$?\n$!\n";


....can you copy/paste the output of that script?

it_says_BALLS_on_your forehead wrote:

> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use strict; use warnings;
>
> my $file = 'aaa';

So far, so good...

> -f $file ? print $file, " is a file\n" : print $file, " is NOT a
> file\n";

Or maybe this:
print $file, (-f $file ? "is" : "is not"), " a file\n";

> system("/usr/bin/ls $file") == 0 or die "$?\n$!\n";