Hi I am trying to run an executable by passing the name of exe with all the parameters to a subroutine. I don't have any idea how to check the status in perl. I am not sure about system() and exec() as they won't be returning the output. The code in vbscript is 
Function ExecSyncStep(stepName)
    Dim WshShell, oExec
    Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

    Set oExec = WshShell.Exec(stepName)
    Dim ouputStream
    ouputStream = ""
    Do While oExec.Status = 0
        Do While Not oExec.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
           ouputStream = ouputStream & oExec.StdOut.ReadAll
                Loop
         WScript.Sleep 100
    Loop
    Do While Not oExec.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
       ouputStream = ouputStream & oExec.StdOut.ReadAll
    Loop
    Set ExecSyncStep = oExec
End Function

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I came up with this 
#Returns the status object of the sync process
    $oExec;
    
    $oExec = system($stepName);
    $ouputStream = "";
    
    while($? eq 0){
        Do While Not oExec.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
           ouputStream = ouputStream & oExec.StdOut.ReadAll
        Loop
         sleep 100;
    }
    Do While Not oExec.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
       ouputStream = ouputStream & oExec.StdOut.ReadAll
    Loop
    #WScript.StdOut.Write ouputStream

    return $oExec;
}

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Please advise.

In reply to How to check a executable's status while running it. by Nesh

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