in reply to Perl as a background process on Windows NT/2000
Your script can run without a command prompt in user's window by using Win32::Process.
WARNING:I know it works for NT4, but I haven't tested it on W2K.
WARNING:I know it works for NT4, but I haven't tested it on W2K.
If you go the services route, you may be interested in Dave Roth's Win32::Daemon module which doesn't need srvany.exe. Looks short on documentation, though.
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