system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows

holandes777 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 14, 2006 at 16:21 UTC
`system(1, 'perl abc.pl')` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows by jettero (Monsignor) on Dec 14, 2006 at 18:00 UTC
I don't see that in the docs for `system()` anywhere. Why does that work? In fact, it doesn't seem to work at all in cygwin or linux... It does work in active perl apparently, though I still don't see it in the docs even for active perl. I was about to suggest `system(@cmd) unless fork`. -Paul	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 14, 2006 at 18:21 UTC
See system() not quite as described? for previous discussion. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows by geekphilosopher (Friar) on Dec 14, 2006 at 18:00 UTC
BrowserUK has answered your question, but I'll mention an alternative idea. It's pretty inefficient to shell out and then re-exec perl. Maybe it's possible to make abc.pl a module, then fork your process and call that module from perl?	[reply]
Re^2: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows by bingos (Vicar) on Dec 14, 2006 at 20:00 UTC
Or use Win32::Process	[reply]
Re: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows (was: system('start command');) by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Dec 14, 2006 at 22:37 UTC
Besides the other excellent advice provided above, you may want to look into the 'start' command for Windows, starting perhaps with: `start /?` [download] at a command line. Christopher E. Stith	[reply] [d/l]