Fellow Monasterians:

The scenerio is simple (I think). I have several scripts, that when finished, need to start another common script, never to return. I prefer not to do a required or use.

I first tried

exec('newscript.pl');

but my screen just went blank. And no matter what I read about exec, I still think I might be misusing it.

Next I tried CGI's very own

print $query->redirect('http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/newscript.pl');

and then

print "Location: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/newscript.pl\n\n";

both of which would have worked if I hadn't already printed a header earlier (a necessary cookie) giving me the Status: 302 Moved Location: error.

What are my options? Thanks!


—Brad
"Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up." G. K. Chesterton

In reply to How to run a Perl script from another script? by bradcathey

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