Cygwin Perl system() Invokes exec() Directly?

["Lehr, Matt (GEA, 510425)" <MATT dot LEHR at APPL dot GE dot COM>]

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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