bug under WinNT for both CPAN and ActivePerl distributions

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From JohnLopez@vandorndemag.com

[note - I have modified the text from its original format to fit your screen]

Dear Sirs,

I am executing a Perl program
under the CPAN distribution for Win95,
release 5.00502. The program executes well,
calling certain external services that I need
including a Win32 version of RCP and RSH, as
well as a command line call to a CAD file
converter. All is functional and works appropriately.

I downloaded ActivePerl on a WinNT box,
configured it, and run the program. Again, it
executes without error, however it seems to blow
past the system(); function without execution.
I created a small test program that simply does​:

  $cmd=sprintf("dir > test.txt");
  system($cmd);

It is apparent that the system() command is
not functioning at all. Since I have some code
that read from redirection of command output from
a Unix server that I am RSHing to, obviously the
files are not created on the WinNT machine, and
the program die()s on the attempted open() to the file.

Further, to hedge against an ActivePerl issue,
I downloaded DOSPERL from CPAN and configured
it on the same NT box. It does the same thing.
System() does not function.

The only discernable difference that I can
think of is that I configure dcom95.exe on
the Win95 box. But to my understanding that
is not needed on WinNT 4.0 or >, and from the
associated documentation I understood that it
should not be implemented on the above, only for
Win95. Aside from this, to my knowledge, the Perl
environments are the same.

I understand that you surely are inundated
with mail from around the world, but please
consider this email. I have a mission critical
application that must be deployed soon on the
WinNT configuration to execute both interactively
with the character based interface that I have
provided for this beta run, and in CGI mode for
later implementations.

You assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Best Regards,

John Lopez
contract programmer
Van Dorn Demag Corporation

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

subject​:system(); bug under WinNT
for both CPAN and ActivePerl distributions

[note - I have modified the text from its original format to fit your screen]

Dear Sirs,

I am executing a Perl program
under the CPAN distribution for Win95,
release 5.00502. The program executes well,
calling certain external services that I need
including a Win32 version of RCP and RSH, as
well as a command line call to a CAD file
converter. All is functional and works appropriately.

I downloaded ActivePerl on a WinNT box,
configured it, and run the program. Again, it
executes without error, however it seems to blow
past the system(); function without execution.
I created a small test program that simply does​:

  $cmd=sprintf("dir > test.txt");
  system($cmd);

It is apparent that the system() command is
not functioning at all. Since I have some code
that read from redirection of command output from
a Unix server that I am RSHing to, obviously the
files are not created on the WinNT machine, and
the program die()s on the attempted open() to the file.

Further, to hedge against an ActivePerl issue,
I downloaded DOSPERL from CPAN and configured
it on the same NT box. It does the same thing.
System() does not function.

The only discernable difference that I can
think of is that I configure dcom95.exe on
the Win95 box. But to my understanding that
is not needed on WinNT 4.0 or >, and from the
associated documentation I understood that it
should not be implemented on the above, only for
Win95. Aside from this, to my knowledge, the Perl
environments are the same.

I understand that you surely are inundated
with mail from around the world, but please
consider this email. I have a mission critical
application that must be deployed soon on the
WinNT configuration to execute both interactively
with the character based interface that I have
provided for this beta run, and in CGI mode for
later implementations.

You assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Best Regards,

John Lopez
contract programmer
Van Dorn Demag Corporation

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

subject​:system(); bug under WinNT
for both CPAN and ActivePerl distributions

[note - I have modified the text from its original format to fit your screen]

Dear Sirs,

I am executing a Perl program
under the CPAN distribution for Win95,
release 5.00502. The program executes well,
calling certain external services that I need
including a Win32 version of RCP and RSH, as
well as a command line call to a CAD file
converter. All is functional and works appropriately.

I downloaded ActivePerl on a WinNT box,
configured it, and run the program. Again, it
executes without error, however it seems to blow
past the system(); function without execution.
I created a small test program that simply does​:

  $cmd=sprintf("dir > test.txt");
  system($cmd);

It is apparent that the system() command is
not functioning at all. Since I have some code
that read from redirection of command output from
a Unix server that I am RSHing to, obviously the
files are not created on the WinNT machine, and
the program die()s on the attempted open() to the file.

Further, to hedge against an ActivePerl issue,
I downloaded DOSPERL from CPAN and configured
it on the same NT box. It does the same thing.
System() does not function.

The only discernable difference that I can
think of is that I configure dcom95.exe on
the Win95 box. But to my understanding that
is not needed on WinNT 4.0 or >, and from the
associated documentation I understood that it
should not be implemented on the above, only for
Win95. Aside from this, to my knowledge, the Perl
environments are the same.

I understand that you surely are inundated
with mail from around the world, but please
consider this email. I have a mission critical
application that must be deployed soon on the
WinNT configuration to execute both interactively
with the character based interface that I have
provided for this beta run, and in CGI mode for
later implementations.

You assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Best Regards,

John Lopez
contract programmer
Van Dorn Demag Corporation

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

subject​:system(); bug under WinNT
for both CPAN and ActivePerl distributions

[note - I have modified the text from its original format to fit your screen]

Dear Sirs,

I am executing a Perl program
under the CPAN distribution for Win95,
release 5.00502. The program executes well,
calling certain external services that I need
including a Win32 version of RCP and RSH, as
well as a command line call to a CAD file
converter. All is functional and works appropriately.

I downloaded ActivePerl on a WinNT box,
configured it, and run the program. Again, it
executes without error, however it seems to blow
past the system(); function without execution.
I created a small test program that simply does​:

  $cmd=sprintf("dir > test.txt");
  system($cmd);

It is apparent that the system() command is
not functioning at all. Since I have some code
that read from redirection of command output from
a Unix server that I am RSHing to, obviously the
files are not created on the WinNT machine, and
the program die()s on the attempted open() to the file.

Further, to hedge against an ActivePerl issue,
I downloaded DOSPERL from CPAN and configured
it on the same NT box. It does the same thing.
System() does not function.

The only discernable difference that I can
think of is that I configure dcom95.exe on
the Win95 box. But to my understanding that
is not needed on WinNT 4.0 or >, and from the
associated documentation I understood that it
should not be implemented on the above, only for
Win95. Aside from this, to my knowledge, the Perl
environments are the same.

I understand that you surely are inundated
with mail from around the world, but please
consider this email. I have a mission critical
application that must be deployed soon on the
WinNT configuration to execute both interactively
with the character based interface that I have
provided for this beta run, and in CGI mode for
later implementations.

You assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Best Regards,

John Lopez
contract programmer
Van Dorn Demag Corporation

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Your e-mail has been received by the Perl Bug Squashing Team.

Ticket ID '[ID 19990702.004]' has been assigned. Please include this ticket ID in the
subject line of any followup messages related to this issue.

This is an automatic confirmation message.
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