Chris, It is really strange. It should start immediately when running the script and the whole process lasts about 5 seconds.
Using system $systemcall; instead of open (DDF, "$systemcall") ... works fine. This also works: $systemcall='\\/c/WINDOWS/system32/makecab.exe /V3 /F ... And this too: $systemcall='&&/c/WINDOWS/system32/makecab.exe /V3 /F ... HTH, Gerrit -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
