http://qs1969.pair.com?node_id=1039362


in reply to Re^4: Win32: Setting a layer with binmode causes problem with close() on Windows (PerlIO silently fails to close the file)
in thread Win32: Setting a layer with binmode causes problem with close() on Windows

something like this

sub system_detached { my $program; my @args ; my $cmdline; if( @_ > 1 ){ ( $program ) = @_; $cmdline = Win32::ShellQuote::quote_system_string( @_ ); } else { ( $cmdline ) = @_; } $!=$^E=0; my $ProcessObj; ## http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425(v= +vs.85).aspx# CreateProcess function (Windows) ## http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684863(v= +vs.85).aspx# Process Creation Flags (Windows) use Win32::ShellQuote(); use Win32::Process(); Win32::Process::Create( $ProcessObj, $program, $cmdline, 0, # don't inherit handles Win32::Process::DETACHED_PROCESS(), ".", #cwd ) or do { my $err = int($!).' '.$!." #### ".int($^E)." $^E "; warn "??CreateProcess failed (\$ProcessObj $ProcessObj) $err " +; return; }; return $ProcessObj; }