Error on system() in fP 5.0.14 Win32 - Need Help

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You'll never BELIEVE what Scott Walker said here...:
> Thinking out loud.
> 
> What's the value of hf?

The value of hf is just the second path in the command...the file I want
the command to store the data to.

> Try a show of ut just before the system command to see that it contains
> everything you think it does.

It does.

I just found the problem, actually.

filePro's system() function apparently relies on Windows API functionality
that entirely ignores file extensions for running programs like *.pl perl
scripts.  So even if you associated .pl with the full path to perl.exe, it
won't run unless you supply the interpreter path first.

If you change this:

Then: ut="f:/filepro/cgi_control/utcstamp.pl"{hf

...to this:

Then: ut="c:/perl/bin/perl.exe f:/filepro/cgi_control/utcstamp.pl"{hf

...suddenly it works.

*sigh*  I'm annoyed, but at least I'm no longer hung up on that mysterious
crash.  The comspec terminology kept nagging at me--why wasn't that valid?
Because it's not a valid executable in its own right, it's associated with
an interpreter.

Thanks for the attempt to help, Scott!

Bests,

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