Re: [MacPerl] running a unix program from perl(newbie)

[Arved Sandstrom <Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Ronald J Kimball wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 03:59:10PM -0500, Ben Brown wrote:
> > I need to execute a unix program from my perl script.  How would I do this?
> > 
> > example:  cvs -d /directory/base update /directory/info/work  would be what
> > I used at the command line, how would I get my script to do this for me?
> > 
> >From MacPerl?  Good luck.
> 
Oddly enough, if Ben is using maccvs (which works nicely standalone), he
ought to be able to use Mac::Glue, because at first glance (using Script
Editor to look at maccvs' dictionary) I see a single, all-purpose event:
DoCommand, which lets all the cvs commands be built up.

Arved



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