Hi,
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Junio> The version of Perl Alex has to use claims to be 5.8, but does
> Junio> not understand open($kid, '-|'), and he is trying to come up
> Junio> with a workaround.
>
> Ahh, the problem is activestate then. If that's the case, then amend
> the code with a check for $^O (operating system) that falls back to a qx
> if on activestate, and hope that filenames aren't a problem.
> Unfortunately, I don't know enough about that to fix it.
Now that our local Perl guru joined the discussion, may I ask what is, and
what is not quoted when put inside qx{}? I had the impression that all
arguments are quoted, except that variables are resolved first. Was that
wrong? IOW does
qx{bash $variable}
quote the value of $variable, or not?
Ciao,
Dscho
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