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

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