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To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
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        bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Subject: Re: MBONE interfaces and snazzy install tools. 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Apr 95 22:32:58 +0200."
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Date: Sat, 01 Apr 1995 13:46:56 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> Don't get it, sorry.  What's the difference between exec'ing perl,
> or exec'ing mv?

perl has direct access to most system calls.  Thus mv becomes a 2 line
perl script.

						Jordan