running perl script from c++ program?

[Guest_imported]

i have written a perl script to perform an ftp download automatically, so that is great. however, i would like to execute this perl script from a c++ program. any idea how i might do that? somehow i need to issue a command to the system? thanks for any help
-scott

 

[MikeLacey]

Scott, hi.

The system() command is the one you want.

If you're on a UNIX system you can probably just do:

system("/path/to/script/script_name.pl"

and that might work on WinXX and NT and 2000 as well, if you have the .pl extension accociated with perl.exe (what happens when you double click on a .pl file in explorer? if it runs as a perl script it is associated correctly) if not you could try:

system("\\path\\to\\perl\\perl.exe \\path\\to\\script\\script_name.pl&quot
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Mike
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[Guest_imported]

thanks, the system thing worked! :-D

 

[MikeLacey]

good

there's a horrendously complicated (to me at least) way of having a perl interpreter linked in as part of your execuatable -- details in perlguts (I think) if you're interested...... Mike
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