Hi, I'm using Apache2.2 precompiled binary on my Windows XP Professional with ActivePerl 5.8.8 and mod_perl 2.0.3.
Problem is I want to start a subprocess from within a mod_perl handler. I tried the example from the mod_perl site for the Apache2::SubProcess module by using $r->spawn_proc_prog($prog,[EMAIL PROTECTED]); Problem is I couldn't get it working fully. First thing I noticed, is that using "/path/to/my/script.pl" doesn't work, because .pl scripts are not directly executable like in linux distros and I get an OS error in the apache log. If I just use 'c:\not_existing.exe' as $prog then spawn_proc_prog throws another OS Error that the file 'c:\not_existing.exe' does not exist. So at spawn_proc_prog tries to do something. So I tried 'c:\perl\bin\perl.exe' as $prog and 'c:\Programme\ElserTextil\control\background_process.pl' as first parameter. When doing this, no more errors were thrown, but the perl program wasn't started either. I also experimented with the slashes, I tried 'c:/perl/bin/perl.exe' and also 'C:\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe' but nothing helped. I also tried starting other programs like 'c:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe' or '"c:\Programme\Microsoft Office\Office11\Winword.exe"' with $prog, and also no errors were thrown in the logfile, but none of the programs were started. Can anyone please help me how to start a detached background process in win32? I'm really out of ideas! Thanks a lot Marc
