I am having trouble getting a perl script to run as a service under certain specific situations. I have the service set up and running, but I am calling a perl module from a remote server.

I have added a line to put the directory for the server into the @INC array. Problem is, I would like to have the path be a mapped drive and not a UNC path, but when I change the value :

push @INC, "\\\\<server>\\<share>\\<dir>";

to something like :

push @INC, "L:\\<dir>";

The service will not start.

Is it a known issue with Win32 Daemon that it does not recognize or use mapped shares?

I know the script works perfectly with the UNC path, but if I change the UNC to the mapped drive the service will no longer start.

In reply to Win32 Daemon @INC by CleverHanz

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