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exec() on Windowsby vitoco (Hermit) |
on May 25, 2010 at 21:50 UTC ( [id://841640]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
vitoco has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: I have a script that creates a file with a registered file type extension. When it is completed, I want to automagically run an application to open and display it. I can use exec() as the last command of my script, and it works, except that the script waits for the app to close, just like system(). I'm not calling a program to open the doc, instead, I'm calling directly the created file, and expect Windows to chose for the proper or default app for that extension (just like a double click over the file in explorer). Is there a workaround to this problem other than to call the application with my doc as a parameter using a list? My file is pure HTML, and I don't want to force the use of IE. BTW, if I run a second instance of my script while the first one is waiting for IE to exit, it exits as expected just after the doc is displayed on a second tab, even if I use system()!!! (i.e. it does not wait... Argh!) Test case: son.pl:
son.html:
son.txt:
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