if (fork == 0 ) { print "elem:\n $elem\n"; ### $elem looks like http-string below #http://www.mobile.de/SIDUXnSMwjASJfhgZ4t-.0eNg-t-vaNexlCsAsK%F3P~BmSB10LsearchPublicJ1070052814A1LsearchPublicIMotorhomeS-t-vpLtt~BmPA1B20A0/cgi-bin/da.pl?bereich=womo&id=11111111129267353 ### windows $a="file://d:/aaa_perl_win/$elem"; $a="file://d:/aaa_perl_win/$elem"; $a="file://d:/aaa_perlwin/aaafile.html"; #system ("start iexplore.exe file://d:/aaa_perlwin/aaafile.html"); #system ("start iexplore.exe $elem"); #exec("start iexplore.exe file://d:/aaa_perlwin/aaafile.html"); ### works but perl-programm ends exec("start iexplore.exe", "http://www.mobile.de/SIDUXnSMwjASJfhgZ4t-.0eNg-t-vaNexlCsAsK%F3P~BmSB10LsearchPublicJ1070052814A1LsearchPublicIMotorhomeS-t-vpLtt~BmPA1B20A0/cgi-bin/da.pl?bereich=womo&id=11111111129267353"); #exec('start iexplore.exe "$elem" '); ### unix #exec("konqueror",$elem); ###works with linux CORE::exit(1); }