Re^2: Win32::Process::Create fails when i use ">" to redirect the screen output to a file

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I am open to correction, but I believe that > would not be a part of the command line passed to notepad, but rather would be passed to your shell (cmd.exe, cygwin's sh, whatever).

Also I don't think that notepad.exe actually outputs anything to the console under usual circumstances, being a completely GUI application.

I do not believe cmd.exe supports 2>&1 style redirects (apparently it does, see here, thanks for the headsup), so you would have to be using cygwin's sh or perhaps SUA perl. In that case, why aren't you just using system, qx or open?

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Re^3: Win32::Process::Create fails when i use ">" to redirect the screen output to a file by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 28, 2012 at 03:04 UTC
Hi, Just a minor correction - cmd.exe does support `2>&1` (and the like) redirection. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Win32::Process::Create fails when i use ">" to redirect the screen output to a file by prayaspatel (Initiate) on Aug 28, 2012 at 17:59 UTC
i am using tool.exe but i just mentioned notepad.exe to give as an example. sorry about that. when i only put tool.exe without putting "> log.txt 2>&1" in Win32::Process::Create() it works fine. Also, i can run "tool.exe > log.txt 2>&1" directly from commandline but when i try to use it using Win32::Process::Create() its giving those errors that i mentioned in my initial question.	[reply]

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