Re^6: Windows environment variable not set if calling from a perl program (goto :end)

Thank you for the clarification. I learnt a new thing today. So it is impossible to manipulate Perl NOT to start a copy of cmd.exe right? I mean perl always starts a copy of cmd.exe which I don't know is preferred or not. But I know now it is not possible to do this. :)

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Re^7: Windows environment variable not set if calling from a perl program (goto :end) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 08, 2015 at 19:20 UTC
Perl cannot run batch commands; only cmd.exe can run them -- ie. cmd.exe is the interpreter for batch commands, just as perl is the interpreter for Perl code -- so no; if you want run a batch file, it has to be done by cmd.exe. 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". I knew I was on the right track :) In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]

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Re^7: Windows environment variable not set if calling from a perl program (goto :end)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 08, 2015 at 19:20 UTC

Perl cannot run batch commands; only cmd.exe can run them -- ie. cmd.exe is the interpreter for batch commands, just as perl is the interpreter for Perl code -- so no; if you want run a batch file, it has to be done by cmd.exe.

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". I knew I was on the right track :)

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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