in reply to Windows 7: fork in perl script spawns new cmd window

Compare the settings of path, assoc .pl & ftype perl on the two machines.

Therein (almost certainly) lies a difference; and explanation of the different behaviour.

Also, you can probably dodge the issue by using the full path of the svn command.

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