Re: call another program from perl

It's very easy to do on Linux/Unix type OS's, with IPC::Open3 et al. But on Windows, you will have some difficulty. See launch a program and then write to the program You will need to use the methods that Win32 can handle.

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Re^2: call another program from perl by lil_v (Sexton) on Jul 16, 2008 at 23:24 UTC
I tried using system() and I get an error. Here is my code: `my $executable = "C:/Users/Desktop/file.exe"; @args = ("$executable", 'input_command'); system(@args) == 0 or die "system @args failed: $?"` [download] Here is the error I get: `An endfile record was detected in a READ statement (unit= 5). Error occurs at or near line 21201 of _opnfil_ Called from or near line 231 of _MAIN__` [download] Any suggestions?	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: call another program from perl
by lil_v (Sexton) on Jul 16, 2008 at 23:24 UTC

my $executable = "C:/Users/Desktop/file.exe";
@args = ("$executable", 'input_command');
    system(@args) == 0
         or die "system @args failed: $?"
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An endfile record was detected in a READ statement (unit= 5).
Error occurs at or near line 21201 of _opnfil_  
Called from or near line 231 of _MAIN__
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