If you are trying to run this at Startup you can set up the AutoExnt service to run a .bat that launches the .pl file.
@Timothy - Sorry for the reply. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:43 PM, timothy adigun <2teezp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jose, > If you are using ActiveState you could use wperl.exe from your CLI, > instead > of perl.exe. > Regards > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Brian F. Yulga <byu...@langly.dyndns.org > >wrote: > > > Jose Marquez wrote: > > > >> Hi there > >> Sure I am the newbiest of all Perl newbies in this group .... > >> Just have been reading some of the posts you all have sent since I > >> subscribe to this list What I'm trying to learn these days is how I > run a > >> Perl script in background on Windows. Can anybody give a hint on it? > >> > >> > > Hi Jose, > > > > As far as I know, the Windows cmd.exe environment doesn't let you > > background a process the same way a unix shell does with '&'. However, I > > have used "start" to achieve a similar effect when launching a script: > > > > C:\> start /b perl script.pl > > > > Type "start /?" at a cmd prompt to read about the "/B" switch. With this > > switch, you'll still have the cmd.exe window open, but the prompt will > > return immediately. > > > > Also, I use this with Strawberry Perl; I don't know if ActiveState has > > other tricks you can use. > > > > Brian > > > > > > Appreciate very much all the help you guys can provide me > >> Cheers > >> JM > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > > > > >
