2009/1/11 bft <b...@bft1.org>:
> Hello all,
> I am trying to launch an instance if Firefox, but I do not want my Perl
> script to stop while Firefox is open.
>
> I have tried:
> print `firefox`;
>
> and
>
> print `firefox &`;
>
> Both hang my perl script until I close firefox.
>
> Any suggestions please?
>
maybe launch a child for this external command?
my $pid = fork;
die "can't fork $!" unless defined $pid;
unless ($pid) { # in the child
exec "firefox";
}
Ralf.
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