I have a script which successfully uses Expect.pm to spawn telnet sessions. This works great when run in the foreground - but when in the background the script just dies. In the following snippet the code always stops just after "AHEAD OF SPAWN". I guess this is down to IO::TTy and IO::Pty needing a terminal? Can anyone shed any light on this as I dont understand to be even dangerous on this one. Thanks Simon 
 $self->{_logger}->debug("AHEAD OF SPAWN");
      eval {    
        $Spawned = Expect->spawn("$args[0] $args[1]");
        $msg = "Spawning to $args[0] $args[1]\n";
        $self->{_logger}->info($msg);
      };
      $self->{_logger}->debug("AFTER OF SPAWN");

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Found out that the script doesn't die - it just stops and sits there waiting to be brought into the foreground. When it is - it starts again and picks up normal processing

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