Sample script for testing Client-Server Win32
examples/test-perl/client_server_win32.t
package lib::Test; use strict; use warnings; use File::Spec; my $process; sub start { my $root = File::Spec->catdir( $dir, 'dwimmer' ); if ( $^O =~ /win32/i ) { require Win32::Process; #import Win32::Process; Win32::Process::Create( $process, $^X, "perl -Ilib -It\\lib $root\\bin\\app.pl", 0, Win32::Process::NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS(), "." ) || die ErrorReport(); } else { $process = fork(); die "Could not fork() while running on $^O" if not defined $process; if ($process) { # parent sleep 1; return $process; } my $cmd = "$^X -Ilib -It/lib $root/bin/app.pl"; exec $cmd; } return 1; } sub stop { return if not $process; if ( $^O =~ /win32/i ) { $process->Kill(0); } else { kill 9, $process; } } END { stop(); } 1;