On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:31:26PM -0300, Bruno Oliveira wrote: > 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) ?
There may be a module available on CPAN for running a program in the background and giving you a pid, but there's nothing builtin that I'm aware of. What's wrong with using fork? Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
