Syscall function unimplemented on windows

[blakmk]

Im trying to write some perl scripts for windows using the activestate documentation. I would have liked to use the syscall function to kick off some batch scripts but according to the activestate docco the syscall is unimplemented for this platform.

Does anyone know of a workaround for starting external scripts.

Thanks in advance

 

[raklet]

Lots of options available:

system("cmd.exe" #starts programs without waiting for them to finish before starting the next
exec("cmd.exe" #terminates current program before starting the new one
$result = `cmd.exe`; #routes the result of STDOUT to the variable $result

There are also a whole series of modules available for starting, stopping, and controlling programs.