diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/exec/launchers/PerlCommandLauncher.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/exec/launchers/PerlCommandLauncher.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
- * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
- * the LICENSE.txt file.
- */
-package org.apache.myrmidon.framework.exec.launchers;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.File;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.exec.CommandLauncher;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.exec.ExecMetaData;
-import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.FileUtil;
-
-/**
- * A command launcher that uses an auxiliary script to launch commands in
- * directories other than the current working directory.
- *
- * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
- * @author <a href="mailto:thomas.haas@softwired-inc.com">Thomas Haas</a>
- * @version $Revision$ $Date$
- */
-public class PerlCommandLauncher
-    implements CommandLauncher
-{
-    private String m_script;
-
-    public PerlCommandLauncher( final String script )
-    {
-        m_script = script;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Launches the given command in a new process using cmd.exe to
-     * set the working directory.
-     */
-    public Process exec( final ExecMetaData metaData )
-        throws IOException, TaskException
-    {
-        final File homeDir = ExecUtil.getAntHomeDirectory();
-        final String script = FileUtil.resolveFile( homeDir, m_script ).toString();
-
-        // Build the command
-        final String[] prefix = new String[ 3 ];
-        prefix[ 0 ] = "perl";
-        prefix[ 1 ] = script;
-        prefix[ 2 ] = metaData.getWorkingDirectory().getCanonicalPath();
-
-        final ExecMetaData newMetaData = ExecUtil.prepend( metaData, prefix );
-        return Runtime.getRuntime().
-            exec( newMetaData.getCommand(), newMetaData.getEnvironment() );
-    }
-}