You can run every external command using system
but it makes it platform dependant and might have more security implications.
The following calls are available from Perl.
There are more but we won't cover them now. Table 12-1. UNIX command | | | UNIX | DOS | | unlink | FILENAME | rm | del | | rename | OLDFILE, NEWFILE | mv | ren | | chmod | MODE, FILE | chmod | - | | chown | UID, GID, FILE | chown | - | | chdir | DIRNAME | cd | cd | | mkdir | DIRNAME, PERM | mkdir | mkdir | | rmdir | DIRNAME | rmdir | rmdir | | link | OLDNAME, NEWNAME | ln | - | | symlink | OLDNAME, NEWNAME | ln -s | - | | readlink | LINKNAME | ls -l | - | | glob | WILDCARDS | ls -1 | dir | | opendir, readdir | | ls -1 | dir | | %ENV, $ENV{HOME} | | | |
my $uid = getpwnam($username);
my $gid = getgrnam($groupname);
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