Try using NT/W2K Start:
$command1 = "notepad.exe";
$command2 = "wordpad.exe";
$command3 = "calc.exe";
system ("start $command1");
system ("start $command2");
system ("start $command3");
Kirk W. Batzer
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:-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
> Behalf Of Toby Stuart
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 7:32 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Starting other programs
>
>
> how about a good old batch file.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Ahern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 1:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Starting other programs
>
>
> At 10:11 07/06/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have a question about kicking off another program from a Perl
> >program. I have one Perl Program, and I need it to kick off
> 27 other
> >programs, at around the same time. I do not need to talk to the
> >programs again, so the main program does not have to wait around for
> >the children to finish. I tried exec, but I could only get
> it to start
> >one child.
> >
> >Please Help!
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> The code I'm using is :
>
> my $processCmdLine = "c:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe \/c ".$CmdArgs;
>
> Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj,
> "c:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe",
> $processCmdLine,
> CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP,
> NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
> ".")
>
> SxA
>
>
> -------------------------------
> Sean Ahern,
> Computing Support Officer,
> School of Television and Imaging,
> Duncan of Jordanstone College,
> 13 Perth Rd, Dundee, DD1 4HT.
> Tel : 0044(0)1382-345372
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