batch files

[jimmyJIMMYyaya]

hey all

heres the prob


sub initialize
{
system( "startTime.bat" );

print "Content-type:....";
}


sub process
{
do something....
}

sub terminate
{
system( "endTime.bat" );

do something;
}

-ok the first batch program i call works perfectly.
-the last batch program i call wont run.

is this because its in between the print "Content-type..."
and if so how can i end the print "Content-type..." so i can get this batch to execute?

thanks for all you help in advance
-::JjYY::-

 

[goBoating]

The print "Content-type..." has nothing to do with it.

You should be able to build a small version of this flow to troubleshoot your problem. Maybe something like,

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
print "Running first bat\n";
&run_first_bat;
&do_stuff;
print "Running next bat\n";
&run_next_bat;

sub do_stuff { print "Doing Stuff Here.\n"; }
sub run_first_bat 
    {
    system(echo,1);
    print "leaving run_first\n";
    }
sub run_next_bat 
    {
    system(echo,2);
    print "leaving run_next\n";
    }

Another Question: What can you possibly be doing in a bat file that is not easier and more efficient with Perl? Maybe the real question is how do you do what the bat files are doing in Perl so you are not making system calls.

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[tsdragon]

That first question about the bat files sounds almost exactly like what I asked in the perl forum. He's trying to get the time in milliseconds. Tracy Dryden
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