This is rather embarassing, but I am baffled.

I'm writing a rather simple script to query a database, retrieve a couple of facts, and then iteratively launch another script using those facts as command line parameters.

NB This is all in a Win2000 environment. ActivePerl 5.8.

No biggie, right?

I can launch ordinary exe files (notepad.exe, calc.exe etc), however, try as I might I cannot launch a perl script.

I have tried the following command lines
script.pl arg1, ... argn
Drive:\path\script.pl arg1, ... argn
Drive:\path\perl.exe Drive:\path\script.pl arg1, ... argn

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I've used them as both strings and arrays
i.e. 
$cmd = "script.pl arg1, ... argn";

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and 
@cmd = ("script.pl", arg1, etc, argn);

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Ive submitted them as 
system( $cmd );
system( @cmd );

use Win32::Process;
Win32::Process::Create($process, 
    "C:\\Perl\\bin\perl.exe",
    here I put any/all command lines above,
    0,
    CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
".") || die "Create: $!";

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and also
Win32::Process::Create($process, 
    "Drive:\path\script.pl",
    "arg1, ... argn",
    0,
    CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
".") || die "Create: $!";

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The system command returns:
'0' is not recognized as an internal or external command

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(as do backticks)
The Process::Create returns a variety of:
Create: No such file or directory at scriptname.pl line nn.

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I am frankly baffled. There must be something obvious that I'm missing, but I'm running out of guesses.

Does anybody have a clue?

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In reply to launching perl processes from a perl script on Win2K by Anonymous Monk

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