On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:41:50 +0200, Jan Eden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
Hello!
<<SNIP>>
>
> How can I pass an option to system's first argument in a setting like this?
>
> (I know I can use a module instead of calling wget, but this is a more general
> issue.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jan
> --
This is ironic:
> If all else fails read the instructions. - Donald Knuth
First, check out 'perldoc -f system' The answer to you question is in
the first paragraph!
Second, try passing EACH argument as a seperate value:
((WARNING: I don't have wget, so I couldn't test this!))
system("wget", "-O", "/dev/null", "http://janeden.org/test/file.txt";);
--Errin
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