Title: Cygwin Perl system() Invokes exec() Directly?





Hello,


        Seems like the Cygwin perl system() function calls exec() directly rather than passing the command to the shell?

        For example:


        Under Cygwin perl:
                /usr/bin/perl -e '$x=system("wc < .bashrc");print"$x $!\n";'
        produces the output:
                -1 No such file or directory


        Under ActiveState perl:
                /cygdrive/e/Perl/bin/perl -e '$x=system("wc < .bashrc");print"$x $!\n";'
        produces the output (as expected):
                5       14      93
                0


        Thanks for your efforts...  Version information appears below...


                                - Matt


 


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