use Proc::Daemon;

        my $daemon = Proc::Daemon->new(
                     );

        my $child_pid = $daemon->Init;

        if ($child_pid)
        {
            # We are the parent - we need to exit so Apache shows what
            # we just printed to the user

            warn "Child PID is $child_pid\n" if $DEBUG;
            exit;
        }

        my $status  = system @cmd;

        # send an email after completion instead of updating the page