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in thread System Function...script does not move until process ends.
Note that you'll want to test the db from the parent after you return from the sub.use POSIX ":sys_wait_h"; sub startTheDB { (defined $pid = fork()) or die "Unable to fork!\n"; if ( !$pid ) { exec "StartTheDB" or die "Can't start the db!\n"; } else { do { $kid = waitpid(-1, WNOHANG); } until $kid > 0; } }
Updated: It still waits for the child - as pointed out by frodo72
Just a note that the scary looking stuff (e.g. the waitpid) is explained in the docs mentioned throughout this node and here
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