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From: "Elliot Mednick" <elliot@lexra.com>
To: <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: Semicolor seperator in Perl system() command under WinNT
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:46:24 -0500
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Hi,

What do I need to do to be able to use semicolons in the system command in
Perl under WinNT?

For example:

$log = system ("cd foo; ls");

This works fine under Win98.  But under WinNT, I get nothing.  I get nothing
anytime I use semicolon or other punctuation inside the system command.  But
single commands work fine.  Same holds true for backticks.

Cygwin 20.1, Perl 5.005_03 for Cygwin.

Thanks!

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