in reply to launching perl processes from a perl script on Win2K

Hello,

I just tried on a W2k machine with ActiveState 5.6.1 the following, which worked for me: 

#!perl.exe
use strict;
my $cmd = "perl.exe loretta.pl";
my @output = qx/$cmd/;
print @output;

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No idea, why it did not work for you.

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Re^2: launching perl processes from a perl script on Win2K
by miseryandsuffering (Initiate) on Oct 14, 2004 at 08:50 UTC
    Just tried my @output = qx/$cmd/;
    You've put me on track of the real problem.
    Something is choking on one of my command line arguments.
    The string bla=1|0|-1|-1 was driving something crazy and producing the error message:
    '0' is not recognized as an internal or external command
    At least I have a way of getting this under control now.
    Thanks a lot.
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      You must quote parameters that have "&" or "|" inside them:

      perl .... "bla=1|0|-1|-1"
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