You don't mention what platform you're on, but here are some alternatives to forking depending on your needs:

If you're on Unix/Linux, and the 'process' you need to start is an external command/program/script, you can just run it in the background using system("$cmd &").

If you're on Windoze, I have heard you can do this to start a program in the background if you don't mind if it has it's own DOS window: system("start $cmd").

Otherwise, use fork, unless you're on Windoze and fork doesn't work there, in which case, look here.

HTH

--
3dan

In reply to Re: How to make my script to more than one thing at once? by edan
in thread How to make my script to more than one thing at once? by 2mths

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.