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Re: Windows start /min

by ikegami (Patriarch)
on Apr 18, 2007 at 20:39 UTC ( [id://610839]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Windows start /min

I tried to reproduce your problem in Win2k with ActivePerl 5.6.1 and on WinXP with ActivePerl 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.8.0 and 5.8.8 using

perl -e "system('start /min notepad');"

but it worked fine every time. Could you provide more info, such as the code you are using?

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Re^2: Windows start /min
by Beechbone (Friar) on Apr 19, 2007 at 10:21 UTC
    and
    $ perl -e 'system("cmd /c start /min notepad") and die $!;'
    works with Cygwin's Perl. (But note the required "cmd /c")

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      Hi,

      I am having trouble with the "start" command.

      Here is the contents of the PERL5SHELL environment variable:

      c:\>echo %PERL5SHELL% cmd.exe /c
      Calling the "dir" command works fine:
      c:\>perl -e "system(\"dir\")" Datenträger in Laufwerk C: ist SYSTEM Volumeseriennummer: CA02-1E1F Verzeichnis von c:\ 03.08.2012 14:24 <DIR> cygwin 09.10.2012 18:01 <DIR> Daten ... 10.10.2012 08:59 <DIR> Windows 2 Datei(en), 15.460 Bytes 15 Verzeichnis(se), 144.527.847.424 Bytes frei
      Calling "start dir" from Perl does not work:
      c:\>perl -e "system(\"start dir\")" start: dir: Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
      Calling "start dir" directly opens a new window with the output from above:
      c:\>start dir
      Any idea what might cause this behaviour??

      Yours

      Markus

        Calling "start dir" directly opens a new window with the output from above:

        If you don't want a new window, use the /b option: start /b dir.

        But I suspect that your real problem is the one haven't described. Ie. Why are you using start, rather than running dir directly?


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        Calling "start dir" from Perl does not work:
        c:\>perl -e "system(\"start dir\")" start: dir: Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
        dir is not a exe, it is a shell built in. start is also a shell built in. You will not find a start.exe in your C:\WINDOWS or any subfolder under that. Only cmd understands what dir is.

        try
        perl -e "system('cmd /c dir');"
        or
        perl -e "system('cmd /c start dir');"

        Any idea what might cause this behaviour??

        You have some kind of "start" program? You're loading a module which replaces system and looks for a start.exe?

        Maybe cmd.exe changed again, but I don't think so, look

        C:\>start blahblah The system cannot find the file blahblah. C:\>perl -e " system q/start blahblah/" The system cannot find the file blahblah.
        Notice it doesn't say "start: dir: The system cannot find the file blahblah."

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