Have you tried launching an app like opening a file?
open ('cmd dir |');
Notice the pipe character at the end.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear Perl/Win32 Gurus,
>
> I have a Perl script which is triggered every minute (to check for
> something) to complete a complex task that some users would rather not
> perform themselves. Of course, they're having mysterious trouble that is
> not easily reproducible, so I would like to create a more extensive log
> and mail it to myself.
>
> The Perl script appears as a basic command shell, fired off by the
> Scheduled Tasks part of Windows. Various technical commands come and go,
> with little bits to tell them how close they are to being done. I have to
> call upon assorted executables in this process, third-party executables
> for which I have no source code. I suspect either my users or the
> executables are causing the trouble, but I can't sit down there and watch
> my users, nor are they writing down any messages.
>
> Does a way exist to capture everything in that command shell window prior
> to exit?
>
> Right now, I'm just appending to a logging message, and adding things to
> it like the output from each and every "$shelloutput = qx/$shellcommand
> 2>&1/;" I fire off, but I suspect there's a smarter way that I have
> completely missed.
>
> Of course, I'd like to see STDERR as much as STDOUT.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Ian
>
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