how to call external program..

[zzas11]

anyone, i try to create an interfaces for clustalw program using perl and cgi. i need to know how to execute clustalw as external program to get the result.any reference or opinion?

[Scriptage]

This old thread on piping in PERL may be of some assistance to you:

http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95242&highlight=pipe

This method allows you to read data from an external program.

Regards

Carl