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IANAWE (I'm not a windows expert) but it seems to me you need to run a .bat script trough an interpreter. Have you tried sytem("cmd $batchfile") or system("command $batchfile")

If this doesn't help, can you specify what you mean with When it executes in the script it acts as though it has executed but in reality it hasn't - maybe with a small code example?

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Joost       downtime n. The period during which a system
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In reply to Re: .bat and perl mystery by Joost
in thread .bat and perl mystery by Anonymous Monk

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