RE: Execute with No wait

This isn't exactly what you are looking for, but you could use a non-parsd header script (NPH).
There are two parts needed:

put the "nph-" prefix on the script name
make sure to pass back from the script ALL headers required

(I believe it is still requred to return some sort of data periodically.)

A quick intro (with exmples) is here: http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Scripting/Tutorial/nph.html

For the other method. Do what mrmick suggested.
Have the script display an interim page (with a link to another script that will give you the results/status), but once you display the page you can then have the original script go off and do it's thing (recording results to a file). The second script i mentioned would read the results of the file and display them to the user. (if the script isn't done yet, there would be no results. alternatively you may want to provide periodic status updates during the execution of the original script)

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RE: RE: Execute with No wait by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 24, 2000 at 23:32 UTC
Have the script display an interim page (with a link to another script that will give you the results/status), but once you display the page you can then have the original script go off and do it's thing (recording results to a file). The second script i mentioned would read the results of the file and display them to the user. (if the script isn't done yet, there would be no results. This is precisely what the program abstracted in my search in progress WebTechniques column does. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
RE: RE: RE: Execute with No wait by bp (Novice) on Aug 25, 2000 at 00:12 UTC
merlyn, I didn't want you to think I wasn't taking your advice. In fact I've been following it. It took me a short while but I was actually reviewing 'search in progress' when I came back to check for replies. So far this seems to be exactly what I was looking for! I really appreciate it and will let you know when I've done my re-write and tested. Thanks again, bp	[reply]
RE: RE: RE: RE: Execute with No wait by bp (Novice) on Aug 25, 2000 at 18:17 UTC
I wanted to thank you. This does work on linux. Unfortunately this particular app is on win32 (ugh!!) and I'm kinda where I started :-( Active State says "A way to mark a pseudo-processes as running detached from their parent (so that the parent would not have to wait() for them if it doesn't want to) will be provided in future." Suggestions?	[reply]