Hi... 
            This should be easy, but I can't seem to do it.  I'm trying to
launch an external process from a Perl script to run in the background on a
FreeBSD system.  The process starts fine, but won't run in the background.
I've tried: 
            
qx/<process> <args>&/ 
            qx/<process> <args>\&/
            `<process> <args>&`
            `<process> <args>\&`
            qx/<process> <args>'&'/
 
            etc., and the "&" doesn't seem to be making it from the Perl
script to the shell.   (BTW, doing "<process> <args>&" at the shell prompt
works fine.) 
            Any suggestions about how to launch a process in the background
from a Perl script?  
-Chris   

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