>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
system '<process> <args>&'; /Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
