Question : run a batch file using system command in cgi

I need to run a batch file with some dos commands in a perl-cgi script. I can able to run it in perl editor(perl IDE) and receive the result of the batch file.But I can't able to see the result of the system command while i fire the script in apache 2.2 http server.

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run.bat: ======== @echo off java -jar C:\saxonb8-0\saxon8.jar -o %1 %2 C:\convert.xsl rem %2 convert.cgi: ============ $infile='D:\CONVERT\sample.xml' $outfile='D:\CONVERT\sample.gml' my $results=system("D:\\CONVERT\\Run.bat",$outfile,$infile);

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Answer : run a batch file using system command in cgi

Don't use system for output.  Use backticks ``

my $results=`D:\\CONVERT\\Run.bat $outfile $infile`;

$results will contain the output.