#Win32::Spawn( $ApplicationName,$CommandLine,$ProcessId);
#$CommandLine holds the command line to run.this value could be "notepad" or "notepad your.pl".
#$ProcessId value is set to the Windows ID of the process that gets launched.
#Win32::Spawn function returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use Win32;
#$ApplicationName = 'c:/winnt/system32/notepad.exe';
#$ApplicationName = "C:\\WINDOWS\\NOTEPAD.EXE";
$ApplicationName = 'c:\winnt\system32\notepad.exe';
#$CommandLine = "notepad";
$CommandLine = "notepad spawn.pl";
$status = Win32::Spawn( $ApplicationName,$CommandLine,$ProcessId );
if ( $status != 0 ) {
print "Launched process with ID $ProcessId.\n";
} else {
print "Failed to launch process.\n";
}
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