Launcing Executables in CGI

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

ok so i have installed active perl..(winnt//iis4) I write a simple "hello world" script and it works fine - the page is output correctly. now i need to call up an executable file on the server. say i have test.exe lets even say its in the cgi-bin how do i call the program? i just want the program test.exe to execute on the server. it doesnt need to interact with anything just run.

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Re: Launcing Executables in CGI by chromatic (Archbishop) on Mar 09, 2001 at 09:39 UTC
See the system command. You might also check perlfaq8, specifically Why can't I get the output of a command with system()? for what might be your next question. :)	[reply]
Re: Launcing Executables in CGI by tune (Curate) on Mar 09, 2001 at 09:38 UTC
Have a look at perlfunc:exec or perlfunc:system. __UPD__ (next time dig it for yourself, it was a very basic question. Some elder monks won't like this node) -- tune	[reply]
Re: Launcing Executables in CGI by Gremlin (Acolyte) on Mar 11, 2001 at 08:47 UTC
I have used the system() command it works pretty well in the command line but when calling the script from a browser the function does not execute just that part of the script nothing happens the rest of the script runs well	[reply]
Re: Launcing Executables in CGI by Anonymous Monk on Mar 09, 2001 at 14:10 UTC
You already have the basic answer you were looking for, but I thought I would mention that the program "test.exe" isn't going to run "on your server", the program executable is going to load and execute on the client computer you call the program from. Not being a MSDOS kinda guy, I'm not sure how you would do the remote run type of thing, I know that you can do it with the unix and linux systems, and that there probably is a method of doing this Maybe one of the other Monks will have something on that now that the distiqution is made.	[reply]