use Win32::Job;
sub runmons {
    my ($job, $pid, $ro, $timeout, $rs, $state, $w, $pfx);

    init();
    oprn("Starting script " . basename($0) . '...', c::STARTPFX, $0);
    $job = Win32::Job->new();
    die 'Failed to create Job object' unless ($job);
    oprn("Spawning process to run $CHILD...", c::NOTEPFX, $0);
    $pid = $job->spawn(undef, "perl $CHILD $0");
    die "Failed to spawn process to execute $CHILD"
        unless ($pid);
    $ro = XMLin(c::MONOPTS, ForceArray => 1);
    $timeout = $ro->{timeoutsecs}[0];
    die 'Timeout length not specified in ' . c::MONOPTS
        unless defined($timeout);
    oprn("Running $CHILD as PID $pid with a timeout of $timeout seconds...", c::NOTEPFX, $0);
    $job->run($timeout);
    $rs = $job->status();
    $state = $rs->{$pid}{exitcode};
    unless (grep { $state == $_ } @c::KNOWNERRVALS) {
        oprn("Error: received unknown exit code = $state from $CHILD. Will convert to exception.", c::ERRPFX, $0);
        $state = c::EXCEPT;
    }
    $state == c::SUCCESS ? ($pfx = c::NOTEPFX) : ($pfx = c::ERRPFX);
    $w = errword($state, $0);
    oprn(basename($0) . " received exit code $state from $CHILD ($w).", $pfx, $0);
    return $state;
};