Stefan... The line I'm trying to execute looks like: "/dir/dir2/program -a -a -B 50000000 -c $var1 -d value $var2&"
I'm trying to do this with 'system' and failing. How would you parse this run line for 'system' to execute? -Chris -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Lidman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: run in background from qx//? >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]