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in reply to How to continue a script after using a system call without the system call has been closed

you can also do either:
system("start notepad test.txt");
or
`notepad test.txt`;
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Re: Re: How to continue a script after using a system call without the system call has been closed
by Caillte (Friar) on Mar 07, 2001 at 19:41 UTC

    I've found that using Win32::Process is better as calling start requires a DOS window to be open

    $japh->{'Caillte'} = $me;