in reply to Long running task from web app

The simplest mechanism is 

if( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
    system 1, 'path/to/script.pl';
}
else { ## assume some flavour of *nix
   system '/path/to/script.pl &';
}

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Re^2: Long running task from web app
by astroboy (Chaplain) on Mar 04, 2006 at 22:34 UTC
    Cheers. Regarding
    system 1, 'path/to/script.pl';

    I've never seen this before. What does the "1," mean?

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      It's a Win32-only extention that causes system to create a detached process.

      I seem to recall that someone recently gave a reference to a document that mentioned it somewhere, but I don't recall who or where :( That said, there is not much to know, pass 1 as the first parameter and system doesn't wait for the command to finish before returning.

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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