Hi --

I have bundled a script and some modules using PAR on WinXP (Home): 

pp -o myapp.exe myapp.pl

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My app uses command line parameters: 
perl myapp.pl -in foo.txt -verbose -out bar.txt

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I am getting flaky results. Sometimes when I run 
 
myapp.exe -in foo.txt -out bax.txt

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or 
 
myapp -in foo.txt -out bax.txt

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I just get back a dos command prompt -- nothing happens. Sometimes it runs, sometimes it just chooses not to do anything. No errors, just a dos prompt back w/o any program activity.

I am unable to determine a pattern as to when it works and when it does not.

Anyone have ideas? Is this a PAR problem, or is a WinXp issue?

rkg

UPDATE

I have noticed that if the .exe runs once, then on subsequent tries it will run no more. It is as if something is getting cached somewhere... befuddled, help sought!

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In reply to PAR, commandline args, WinXP by rkg

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