communicate with a program running in the background

fionbarr has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'd like to ask for suggestions to control a program running as a Windows service....stop, start, monitor, etc. Shared memory doesn't look too practical (according to what I've found on CPAN)...I have considered a semaphore file which would be parsed at intervals.

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Re: communicate with a program running in the background by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 17, 2013 at 17:55 UTC
See Win32::Service. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]