Re^2: help needede in backticks(``) and system function

thanks ikegami.... will both the execution will interrupt the paren.i mean, will parent program wait until the child completes execution.

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Re^3: help needede in backticks(``) and system function by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 10, 2006 at 06:41 UTC
Yes, the parent will wait in both cases. Unless you do execute something like `command &` (unix) or `start command` (Windows). `fork`+`exec` doesn't wait. IPC::Open3 doesn't wait. IPC::Run can do both. The special syntax `system 1, ...` in Windows doesn't wait.	[reply] [d/l] [select]