Re: background system call

2005-06-02 Thread sparciii
On 6/2/05, Tielman Koekemoer (TNE) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey, > Hi > > > > > Within a perl script of mine, I'd like to execute a shell > > command but have it sleep for a few minutes prior to doing > > so. There are probably better ways but I can't think/find any > > at the moment to d

RE: background system call

2005-06-01 Thread Tielman Koekemoer \(TNE\)
> Hey, Hi > > Within a perl script of mine, I'd like to execute a shell > command but have it sleep for a few minutes prior to doing > so. There are probably better ways but I can't think/find any > at the moment to do so, what I tried so far is shown here: > > system("sleep

Re: background system call

2005-06-01 Thread John W. Krahn
andysayshi wrote: Hey, Hello, Within a perl script of mine, I'd like to execute a shell command but have it sleep for a few minutes prior to doing so. There are probably better ways but I can't think/find any at the moment to do so, what I tried so far is shown here: system("