Re^2: How to use perl to open programs

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.

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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]