Here, look at this 
use Win32::Process;
Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj,
    'c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe', 
    "/c echo foo>foo.txt",
    0,
    NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,".")||warn "could not create process";

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instead of echo foo put in the program you want to run. Win32::Process is doing what you ask of it - it is creating a process running "identify.exe". "indentify.exe" does not know how to redirect. You have to run "cmd.exe" and have it start "identify.exe" and redirect the output to a file. system transparently starts a shell (cmd.exe) and hands it the parameters, the first of which is the program it should run. Most people from a windows background don't understand that a command prompt is actually a program called "cmd.exe" (or "command.com" on dos/win9x)

Update:
Note: the name of your shell is probably available in $ENV{COMSPEC}

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flounder

In reply to Re^3: Win32::Process redirect CMD output to text file by flounder99
in thread Win32::Process redirect CMD output to text file by sdyates

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