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Re: perl/cygwin and system calls
- To: "Perakis, John" <JPerakis at crossbeamsys dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: Re: perl/cygwin and system calls
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:07:13 -0500
At 03:02 PM 3/5/2001, Perakis, John wrote:
> Let me see if I can pose the question correctly. I would like to
>use a cygwin environment from a perl script. I have a build
>environment that works in a cygwin window. What I'm in the process of
>trying to do is write a perl script that can be started from the Task
>Scheduler. The perl script cd to a directory and cvs co a module. Once
>the module is checked out I'm trying to use a system call to kick off my
>make ie system("//c/cygwin/bin/make all"). This piece is failing, I
>believe, because the system call is going out and using an NT
>environment not a Cygwin env. Does anyone know how I can get this to
>what I want.
Is your Perl Cygwin-ized or is it the Win32 model? Why do you use the
deprecated //<drive> syntax? You should use "/cygdrive/c" or a mount.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
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