Re: Running perl from a test on Windows

First, let me say:

Thanx everyone for all your suggestions!


Eirik,

>   That problem is not shell nastiness.  It is quoting.  Observe:
> :
> :
>   If I recall correctly, the thing is that on Windows, a brand new process
> does not get an argument array.
>
>   On Windows, it gets a command line.
>
>   On Windows, the process gets to parse that command line.
>
>   Now, system() does a better job building that command line than
> IPC::System::Simple does.  But it does not get it "right".
>
>   (And how could it, when every executable gets to implement its own
> command line parsing?)

Well, that's ... even *more* disappointing. <sigh>

>   No, that's no way to go.  On a more constructive note, either
>  * write a command line as a Windows process expects it, and as suggested
> by several already; ...

Yeah, but then I have to do as Gabor suggests and deal with $^O, and
is it different on Win32 vs Cygwin, and are there any other OSes I
need to be worried about, and I'm getting mildly nauseous just
thinking about it. :-/

> ... or
>  * write a file (tempfile if needs be), and throw $^X at that instead.

Yep, I think that's the way I need to go.  I was hoping to avoid that,
but it is what it is.

Thx again, everyone!

(Wonder if there's a blog in here somewhere ... <ponder ponder>)


            -- Buddy