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Re: Launching a data file in Win32 using the assciated application automatically

by guha (Priest)
on May 04, 2003 at 13:57 UTC ( [id://255473]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Launching a data file in Win32 using the assciated application automatically

No need to dig through the registry .... 
#perl -w
my @cmd = qw{start foo.txt};
system(@cmd);

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if you don't want to return to the perlprogram, use exec instead of system.
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Re: Re: Launching a data file in Win32 using the assciated application automatically
by tinypig (Beadle) on May 04, 2003 at 17:30 UTC
    That's the ticket. Thanks very much!
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