in reply to Re: Fork Problem
in thread Fork Problem

I'm launching a Windows based program with this script.

exec('C:\Progra~1\Blah\Blah');

It works; it runs the program fine. This program is not command line, so it opens in its own window. I then need to run another program after the first one has launched.

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(Ovid - you can't get there from here (Windows))
by Ovid (Cardinal) on Dec 08, 2000 at 02:38 UTC
    I'm launching a Windows based program with this script.
    That's your problem, then. Windows does not allow you to fork. You'll need to simulate fork, but I wouldn't guarantee the results. Assuming you're running ActivePerl, you can read about this here.

    Cheers,
    Ovid

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      More importantly WINDOWS does not support signals so I guess kill is not going to work.
      --

      Zigster
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        ActiveState's implementation emulates kill just as it emulates fork. Both of these simply use "pseudo-process ID's" instead of a system's real PID for the process. Everything technically runs in one process. See the link Ovid gave for details.
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