Normally you structure your code a little better. When CGI stuff "does not work" you should check the error logs which usually indicate *why* it does not work. See CGI Help Guide and particularly the bit about error_log. Assuming that admin.pl uses the CGI module and is in the same dir as the calling script then this should work: 

exec( "./admin.pl msg=Success" );

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script?some=arg syntax is HTTP syntax, not OS calling syntax. You have to use syntax your OS understands. Alternatively your newComp.pl script could do this: 

use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;
# do stuff, generate message
print $q->redirect( "http://domain.com/cgi-bin/admin.pl?msg=$MESSAGE" 
+);

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If your scripts are not using CGI then you should probably start now. use CGI or die. I would suggest moving the functions or both scripts into a module(s) and then just having the scripts call the module functions. This is much more flexible. See Simple Module Tutorial

cheers

tachyon

In reply to Re: running a CGI script from another CGI script by tachyon
in thread running a CGI script from another CGI script by poprishchin

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