> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony J Segelhorst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Opening a new shell
>
>
> I am strapped for time on the run time on a perl script I have been
> working on.
>
> I was wondering if it is possible to open another shell within a perl
> script that will call another script that uses another processes.
>
> If I call script B from script A, script A will not complete
> until script
> B is done running. Is there a way to run script B within
> another shell or
> process?
>
> `c:\temp\scripta.pl`;
unix? Guess not, since you are using backslashes in your file name. try:
system('c:/temp/scripta.pl &');
The backticks imply you want to wait for the script to return some output,
system may make more sense here. Also, it is ok to use forward slashes in
your perl script, even in Windows.
Mark
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