Hey fellow Monks,

I have been using system(abs_path_to_file); to "execute" files here in Windows. It all works fine, execpt that this is ran in a thread, and since the thread takes time to start (be created), it takes a while before the file is actually run. Now, I used this since this way the file is ran also with the corresponding/associated application. That is, if its a mp3, it would run with.. say Winamp. Now, as I said, I have to use threads since its supposed to run seperatly, and not make Perl wait for this process to finish. However, as I mentioned, I dont get direct resopose, since the thread has to be created (takes a few seconds). Proc::Background seems to solve this thread requirement, but that module just expects .exe files! So, what to do?

What it comes down to is that I wanna run anything and make windows start that like if I used cmd. And also, let Perl continue with its bisuness!

run_me("c:/textfiles/hello.txt"); # this would open the .txt file in notepad, if you have the extension set to that application.

Thanks,
Ace

In reply to Proc::Background (or runing something seperate) by Ace128

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