Re^5: exec()ed process dont write to std(?:err|out) (system)

start "skimFundsFromTransactions.pl" perl -S skimFundsFromTransactions
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Go to "task manager", select the "Applications" tab, right-click on the application titled "skimFundsFromTransactions.pl", select "Go to process" from the resulting pop-up menu, note that a specific instance of perl.exe is now highlighted in the "Processes" tab.

Alternately, if you write your little trick or something similar using a *.bat or *.cmd instead of Perl, then you don't need to have the intermediary instance of perl.exe (which will clutter your taskmanager display). You can even steal a trick I've used several times of having a *.bat that is mostly a Perl script but that writes the final command to be run afters its "__END__" and ":endofperl" lines, to get the same effect while not having to know as much about *.bat/*.cmd programming.

- tye

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Re^6: exec()ed process dont write to std(?:err\|out) (system) by demerphq (Chancellor) on Apr 13, 2004 at 16:07 UTC
You can even steal a trick I've used several times Heh, believe me I thought of it already. And yes I thought of it as "tye's trick", from one of the registry tools you posted. :-) The problem with it was that I couldn't (and still can't) see how I can use a single wrapper with multiple scripts this way. I was worried about multiple scripts modifying the batch file simultaneously. And if I wrap all the scripts in the first place then I might as well just modify pl2bat to do the right thing in the first place. But using start with a specific name hadnt occured to me. Good idea. Thanks. --- demerphq _{First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: exec()ed process dont write to std(?:err\|out) (system) by bbfu (Curate) on Apr 13, 2004 at 19:06 UTC
I couldn't (and still can't) see how I can use a single wrapper with multiple scripts this way. Something like this, maybe? `@echo off REM REM nperl.bat REM REM Assumes %1 holds perl script copy /Y C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe %1.exe > NUL %1.exe %* del /Y %1.exe > NUL` [download] Put it in your path, and call it as: `nperl script.pl args` I tried to figure out a way to avoid hard-coding the path to the perl executable, but Windows batch files are pretty limited and I couldn't come up with one. Update: This might not work on earlier versions of Windows (ie, pre-2k? non-NT based?), as they don't support the `%` construct. (At least, I don't think they do.) bbfu* Black flowers blossom Fearless on my breath	[reply] [d/l] [select]