Hi! I want to start a program in perl but i need to keep the pid to be able to kill it in the future.
For exmple: system("top &"); this would start "top", but then i wouldn't be able to identify the process in order to kill it. Is there a way to do this (other than using fork) ? Regards, Bruno Oliveira _______________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! GeoCities Tudo para criar o seu site: ferramentas fáceis de usar, espaço de sobra e acessórios. http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]