Re^2: Windows start /min

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Re^3: Windows start /min by Anonymous Monk on Oct 10, 2012 at 11:02 UTC
Hi, I am having trouble with the "start" command. Here is the contents of the PERL5SHELL environment variable: `c:\>echo %PERL5SHELL% cmd.exe /c` [download] Calling the "dir" command works fine: `c:\>perl -e "system(\"dir\")" Datenträger in Laufwerk C: ist SYSTEM Volumeseriennummer: CA02-1E1F Verzeichnis von c:\ 03.08.2012 14:24 <DIR> cygwin 09.10.2012 18:01 <DIR> Daten ... 10.10.2012 08:59 <DIR> Windows 2 Datei(en), 15.460 Bytes 15 Verzeichnis(se), 144.527.847.424 Bytes frei` [download] Calling "start dir" from Perl does not work: `c:\>perl -e "system(\"start dir\")" start: dir: Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.` [download] Calling "start dir" directly opens a new window with the output from above: `c:\>start dir` [download] Any idea what might cause this behaviour?? Yours Markus	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Windows start /min by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 10, 2012 at 11:06 UTC
Calling "start dir" directly opens a new window with the output from above: If you don't want a new window, use the /b option: `start /b dir`. But I suspect that your real problem is the one haven't described. Ie. Why are you using start, rather than running dir directly? With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP Neil Armstrong	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Windows start /min by bulk88 (Priest) on Oct 10, 2012 at 21:58 UTC
Calling "start dir" from Perl does not work: `c:\>perl -e "system(\"start dir\")" start: dir: Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.` [download] dir is not a exe, it is a shell built in. start is also a shell built in. You will not find a start.exe in your C:\WINDOWS or any subfolder under that. Only cmd understands what dir is. try `perl -e "system('cmd /c dir');"` [download] or `perl -e "system('cmd /c start dir');"` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Windows start /min by Anonymous Monk on Oct 11, 2012 at 02:36 UTC
FWIW, `perl -le "system \"dir\""` works just fine, but then I don't have any autoloaded modules, no sitecustomize, no PERL env vars to override any defaults	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Windows start /min by Anonymous Monk on Oct 10, 2012 at 11:10 UTC
Any idea what might cause this behaviour?? You have some kind of "start" program? You're loading a module which replaces system and looks for a start.exe? Maybe cmd.exe changed again, but I don't think so, look `C:\>start blahblah The system cannot find the file blahblah. C:\>perl -e " system q/start blahblah/" The system cannot find the file blahblah.` [download] Notice it doesn't say "start: dir: The system cannot find the file blahblah."	[reply] [d/l]