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

How can I have a perl script execute in the background on windows XP? (in other words, no taskbar icon)

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Re: perl in the background under windows? (wperl)
by tye (Sage) on Oct 18, 2007 at 02:51 UTC

    wperl myscript.pl instead of perl myscript.pl

    - tye        

Re: perl in the background under windows?
by art0rz_ (Acolyte) on Oct 19, 2007 at 13:55 UTC
    Or to make the script itself hide and show the window: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=536260