>> -----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?
But you want to run them in parallel? You will need threads.
>>
>> `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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