I used plain old open(), as and came to realize that I
shouldn't even need the wait...the process I kick off
executes a step, waits one min. then does it
again...the time between the 2nd execution step and the
end of the process is negotiable, I can let it
finish then run the command I thought I needed a
"Wait()" for. I've just never played with open
commands till now...they are a bit confusing at first
glance.

btw the chatterbox client is pretty cool, I got it to fire
up, but I haven't connected yet to perlmonks...