Good suggestion, certainly a more sensible approach than system, but not really applicable for me. While I want this to be able to run under Win32, i do not want to lose ability to run it under Linux. | [reply] |
While I want this to be able to run under Win32, i do not want to lose ability to run it under Linux
That might make it more messy. Assuming that the code that works on linux *doesn't* work on windows, you could resort to something like:
if($^O =~ /mswin32/i) {
require Win32::Process;
# do the task using Win32::Process
}
else {
# do the task using whatever it is that works on linux
}
As an alternative, you may find that the code that works on linux also works on windows if run under Cygwin. Is using Cygwin an option ?
Cheers,
Rob | [reply]
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Cygwin is not an option, as the target audience is slightly techy, but not THAT techy. I was aware of the possibility of checking for OS already, but really didn't want to get into that mess. Luckily, someone else already did, as ikegami showed above. :)
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