in reply to Re^4: execute a vbscript from a perl script.
in thread execute a vbscript from a perl script.

Avoid the back-whacking..use "q":
my $cmd = q(cscript "C:\ProgramData\HP\HP BTO Software\bin\instrumenta
+tion\Failover.vbs");

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