string fullPath = @"Z:\path\test.pl";
string arguments = arg1 + arg 2
Process myProcess = Process.Start(fullPath, arguments);
myProcess.WaitForExit(999);
if(!myProcess.HasExited)
{
myProcess.Kill();
throw new Exception("Timed out while running process");
}

##</code><code>##

ProcessStartInfo perlStart = new ProcessStartInfo(@C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe");
perlStart.Arguments = "Z:\path\test.pl" + argument1 + argument2;
perlStart.UseShellExecute = false;
perlStart.CreateNoWindow = true;

Process perl = new Process();
perl.StartInfo = perlStart;
perl.Start();
perl.WaitForExit();

##</code><code>##

sleep(10)
print "something";

##</code><code>##

sleep(5);
print "something";
sleep(5);

##</code><code>##

print "something";
sleep(10);