Re^2: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows

I don't see that in the docs for system() anywhere. Why does that work? In fact, it doesn't seem to work at all in cygwin or linux... It does work in active perl apparently, though I still don't see it in the docs even for active perl.

I was about to suggest system(@cmd) unless fork.

-Paul

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Re^3: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 14, 2006 at 18:21 UTC
See system() not quite as described? for previous discussion. 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.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: system() - launch a program and return without waiting in Windows
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 14, 2006 at 18:21 UTC

See system() not quite as described? for previous discussion.

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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