As a workaround you could use
system("start /b myscript.pl");
Kind regards,
Mark Anderson
SMS Deployment
The Royal Bank of Scotland
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Finn Harald Rĝed [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:06 PM
> To: $Bill Luebkert
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> Subject: Re: Starting a Perl-script with Win32::Process
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> Thanks a lot for your reply!
> The "DETACHED_PROCESS" doesnt seem to work...as far as I can see it
> doesn't start any process on the webserver. When I use "CREATE_SUSPENDED",
> however, the process starts (perl.exe), but the script doesn't seem to run
> (all the script is supposed to do for now is to write/create a test-file,
> but nothing happens - not even any error messages anywhere). The script
> has only two lines of code:
> open (FIL, "> test.txt") or die "Couldn't create file";
> close(FIL);
>
> As for error messages from Create, the ErrorReport() doesn't give me any
> error message, but if I put the line "print Win32::FormatMessage(
> Win32::GetLastError() );" at the end of the code, it prints out "The
> system cannot find the path specified.". This doesn't make much sense,
> though, since I am very sure of that both the path to perl.exe and to the
> perl-script that I want to start are correct.
>
> I'm kind of stuck... hope you are able to help me out...
>
> / Finn H
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "$Bill Luebkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Finn Harald Rĝed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 9:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Starting a Perl-script with Win32::Process
>
>
> Finn Harald Rĝed wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just can't get Win32::Process to work the way I want. I can start a
> process (perl.exe) on the server, but it doesn't really do anything. I'm
> writing a perl-script that can be summed up like this:
> >
> > 1. Start script1.pl via a webpage
> > 2. The script starts script2.pl by using Win32::Process::Create();
> > PS! script2.pl is supposed to run independently of script1.pl, since
> it may use up to one hour + to complete it's task.
> > 3. The script1.pl finishes (so that the user can close the browser),
> while script2.pl continues to run until it is done.
> >
> > I'm using Windows 2000 Server SP4 and ActiveState Perl 5.21 (I know it's
> old, but could that be a problem...?). Here's my Win32::Process code:
> > # --------------------
> > use Win32::Process;
> >
> > sub ErrorReport{
> > print Win32::FormatMessage( Win32::GetLastError() );
> > }
> >
> > Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj,
> > "c:\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe",
> > "perl d:\\FULL_PATH_HERE\\test2.pl",
> > 0,
> > CREATE_SUSPENDED,
>
> You want DETACHED_PROCESS option I assume.
>
> Note: CREATE_SUSPENDED
> The primary thread of the new process is created in a
> suspended state, and does not run until the ResumeThread
> function is called.
>
> > ".")|| die ErrorReport();
> > $ProcessObj->Suspend();
> > $ProcessObj->Resume();
> > $ProcessObj->Wait(INFINITE);
>
> Once detached you won't need the above 3 unless you need to wait
> on it for some reason.
>
> > # ------------------------
> >
> > PS! The NTFS-user has permission to read and execute the perl.exe file. > > Do I
> > need the full path to the script? The script is NOT located at the
> same place as perl.exe. The only way I can start a process at all is by
> using "CREATE_SUSPENDED". Nothing happens whatsoever with any of the other
> alternatives...
> > Actually, whether the three last lines in the script are there or not
> doesn't make any difference at all on the result. By the way, what exactly
> is the "Wait(INFINITE)" supposed to do...? It seems like all it does is to
> make the script "hang" for a while...
> >
> > Any ideas? :-)
>
> Are you getting any error on the create ?
>
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