Re^5: Parallel downloading under Win32?

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
}
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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

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Re^6: Parallel downloading under Win32? by Xenofur (Monk) on Apr 29, 2009 at 13:26 UTC
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. :)	[reply]