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I have a perl script (which is running on a linux server) that mounts and unmounts windows machines to grab log files. These log files are being moved onto another mounted windows machine. I have a batch file on the receiving computer that sorts these log files. I would like to call that file from the perl script. I am trying to use a linux shell command:

start $network_dir/logs/sort.bat

this line is giving me compilation errors, is there another way to run the batch file seeing as the drive is already mounted, or do I need to provide an SSH connection? I also can't figure out how to run the batch file from PuTTy (from Windows -> Linux -> mounted drive)

Thank you in advance

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  • Mounting the drive only means that the server is allowing you to read the disk. You would have to use telnet or ssh. And I've seen people get into a whole lot of tangles trying to ssh into a windows machine. start itself is a cmd internal command. (Type where where into a command prompt and compare it to where start and see how ill-prepared windows is.) There are a lot of hoops you'll have to jump through, unless you simply use the facilities you have in linux, or arrange for a file-trigger to set off the batch file. Commented Mar 7, 2014 at 20:41

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cmd, the shell that understands start and the commands in sort.bat, has not been ported to Linux. You cannot execute batch files outside of Windows.

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Note: There is Wine, which allows you to run Windows on a Linux machine.

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