Re: How to use perl to open programs

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Re^2: How to use perl to open programs by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 20, 2006 at 22:10 UTC
hum? Why use `start` for one and not the other? `start` will cause the Perl script to not wait for the application to finish whether it's a console application or a Windows application.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: How to use perl to open programs by jZed (Prior) on Jan 20, 2006 at 22:11 UTC
Sorry, my windoze is a bit rusty. I seem to remember that start was required for some non-console programs.	[reply]
Re^4: How to use perl to open programs by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 20, 2006 at 22:13 UTC
You'd need it for non-executables, to call up the associated application: `system('start /wait "word.doc"'); # Word system('start /wait "program.txt"'); # Notepad or ... system('start /wait http://www.perlmonks.org/'); # Favorite browser` [download]	[reply] [d/l]