in reply to Execute another program but don't wait.

Either system('command &'); or fork() and then exec().

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Re^2: Execute another program but don't wait.
by terra incognita (Pilgrim) on Oct 22, 2004 at 19:05 UTC
    On windows OS's 'command &' will not work but you can use 'start command' instead.