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Creating text-mode processes (console application)
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use Win32;
use Win32::Process;
$ApplicationName = 'c:/perl/bin/perl.exe';
$CommandLine = "perl your.pl";
Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj,
$ApplicationName,
$CommandLine,
0, # Don't inherit.
CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
".") # current dir.
or die print_error;
$ProcessObj->Wait(INFINITE) or warn print_error();
$ProcessObj->GetExitCode($ExitCode) or warn print_error();
print "Perl exited with $ExitCode\n";
sub print_error {
print Win32::FormatMessage( Win32::GetLastError() );
}
#your.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#$enter = '';
#print "Press Enter to quit.\n";
#$enter = <STDIN>;
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