Shell scripts (was Re: filepro and file permissions)

[Walter Vaughan]

Kenneth Brody wrote:

> You can do this with menu commands, but not the SYSTEM command in
> processing.  Prefix the command line with "++" and it will run the
> command via perl.  (You can set PFPERL to point to the perl binary
> if it's not on the path.  You can also use "+SOMETHING+" and filePro
> will use the environment variable "SOMETHING" as the command shell.)

I had completely forgot about pfperl. Quick google search turned up this really 
good article for anyone wanting to know more about pfperl
http://www.hvcomputer.com/download/perl.pdf

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Walter