use system or exec
system ('c:\"Program Files"\Accessories\wordpad.exe');
perldoc -f system
perldoc -f exec
note that system doesn't work as expected on windows apps. it
returns immediately after the app starts OK.
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Date: October 20, 2001 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: executing an application within a perl script
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>Hi,
>
>Is there a way to load a application from a Perl script. Let's say
>wordpad.exe in Windows?
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