uot;Dax T. Games" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Perl Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: re-executing a program
> That works on Windows and is very useful in certain situations. Why
isn't
> it documented anywhere? What
n Perl.
Dax
- Original Message -
From: "Jan Dubois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dax T. Games" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: re-executing a program
> On Mon, 1
On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 22:04:43 -0500, "Dax T. Games" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Simple.
>
>Create a new script with the following contents:
>
>exec("\"c:\\program files\\internet explorer\\iexplore.exe\"");
>
>Compile with -gui.
>
>exec pops up a command window when launched that stays open till IE
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Btw.: I don't quite understand, why you want to restart anyway. Perl
> handles "garbage collection" very efficiently. The only problem is,
> that the memory image size of a perl script in Windows can only _grow_
> and it seems that it only _shrinks_ when Windows does i