Problem solved: 1) For the Application ($App) parameter, always make sure that you give the full path name of application even if it can be found in your Path settings.
2) Scripting files like DOS Batch and Perl must be invoked using "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c" The name of the script must be part of the command ($Cmd) parameter. Hope this helpful to all At 10:09 AM 5/3/2002 -0400, rAuL wrote: >OK I looked into this problem further and Win32::GetLastError, I >consistently get the message "Cannot create a file when that file already >exists." This does not sound like this is an appropriate message but I am >confounded as to what this problem could be. > >Thanks > > >At 11:32 PM 5/2/2002 -0400, rAuL wrote: >>I am using Win32::Process::Create in an NT Service application that I am >>writing. It reads a configuration file which tells it which application >>to run and with what parameters. >> >>There seems to be a problem whenever I try to run a Perl and DOS BAT >>script. At this time, I cannot tell you yet what the actual problem is >>until I do more debugging but for the time being, it seems like the >>process immediately dies and Win32::GetLastError sometimes comes back >>blank. I will tell you when I took the Perl script and compiled as an >>EXE using the PDK, the problem went away >> >>I was wondering if this might have something to do with using the Perl >>and DOS BAT interpreters. When you create a process, what kind of >>runtime environment does Win32::Process::Create create? >> >>Thanks >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > > >_______________________________________________ >Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
