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    The Win32::Process module is always used to spawn background
    processes on the Win32 platform.  This module always takes a
...

    Finally, the argument array is placed back into a single
    string and passed to Win32::Process::Create.</i></blockquote>

if( $^O =~ 'mswin' ) {
    my $pid = system 1, $command;
...
    ##whatever is appropriate on *nix.
}