sjwnih111 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Perl Monks, I am trying to spawn an executable using Win32::Job. I am using the command 

$command = C:/users/me/progg.exe -c 1 -i $dir -o $result_dir -v $c_pat
+h -t .25"

 $job->spawn($Config{"C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe"},  $command);

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However, the executable then throws an error that does not occur when I simply run 
 

system($command);

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I think that it may be a problem with the arguments not being read?

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Re: Running executable with Win32::Job
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 27, 2013 at 16:17 UTC

    What output do you get if you print this?:

    print $Config{"C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe"};

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       Having no space between pattern and following word is deprecated at w
+in_job.pl line 67.
Bareword found where operator expected at win_job.pl line 67, near "/W
+indows/System32"
    (Missing operator before System32?)
String found where operator expected at win_job.pl line 67, near "exe"
+}""
syntax error at win_job.pl line 67, at EOF
syntax error at win_job.pl line 67, near "/Windows/System32"
Execution of win_job.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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        Actually, that was for 
        print "config $Config{"C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe"}";

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         print $Config{"C:/Windows/System32/cmd.exe"} gives no output
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