Re^2: Long running task from web app

Thanks for your reply. The thing is, I don't want to watch the long running process - I just want to initiate it and then forget about it. So I guess I just want a way to background a process without relying on *nix's &

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Re^3: Long running task from web app by xdg (Monsignor) on Mar 04, 2006 at 17:55 UTC
This is hard to do portably and reliably with the same code. You may want to alternatively fork & exec (on Unix) or use Win32::Process or Win32::Job on Windows, based on the value of `$^O`. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Long running task from web app
by xdg (Monsignor) on Mar 04, 2006 at 17:55 UTC

This is hard to do portably and reliably with the same code. You may want to alternatively fork & exec (on Unix) or use Win32::Process or Win32::Job on Windows, based on the value of $^O.

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