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You should run your C program as system call within your perl code: 
system('/tmp/example.c');   

# or 

`/tmp/example.c`   # back ticks

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Re(2): Running a C Program within Perl.
by dmmiller2k (Chaplain) on Dec 27, 2001 at 21:10 UTC

    You probably don't mean to execute the actual .c file itself ... if memory serves, you'd probably want to run /tmp/example or /tmp/a.out (under UNIX) or /tmp/example.exe (under Windows/DOS).

    dmm

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      You are correct, but how do I do that?
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        You probably should read vek's or my original replies to your post a little more carefully.

        dmm

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