---
name: "IPC::Run::Win32Process"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-ipc-run"
version: "20260402.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/IPC::Run::Win32Process"
---

# IPC::Run::Win32Process(3pm)

## NAME

IPC::Run::Win32Process -- deliver nonstandard command lines via IPC::Run.

## SYNOPSIS

```
   use File::Spec ();
   use IPC::Run qw(run);
   use IPC::Run::Win32Process ();
   use Win32 ();
   $find_exe = File::Spec->catfile(Win32::GetFolderPath(Win32::CSIDL_SYSTEM),
                                   'find.exe');
   run(IPC::Run::Win32Process->new($ENV{COMSPEC}, q{cmd.exe /c echo ""}),
       '|', IPC::Run::Win32Process->new($find_exe, q{find_exe """"""}),
       '>', \$out);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class facilitates executing Windows programs that don't use standard command line parsing rules \<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/main-function-command-line-args#parsing-c-command-line-arguments\>. Notable programs having nonstandard rules include *cmd.exe*, *cscript.exe*, and Cygwin programs called from non-Cygwin programs.  IPC::Run will use the two strings, verbatim, as the lpApplicationName and lpCommandLine arguments of **CreateProcessA()**.  This furnishes unfiltered control over the child process command line.

## FUNCTIONS & METHODS

- new

  ```
     IPC::Run::Win32Process->new( $lpApplicationName, $lpCommandLine );
     IPC::Run::Win32Process->new( $ENV{COMSPEC}, q{cmd.exe /c echo ""} );
  ```

  Constructor.