Re^2: execute secondary script not waiting for a result and continue with script

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Re^3: execute secondary script not waiting for a result and continue with script by salva (Canon) on May 30, 2007 at 10:11 UTC
the easy way is to use the shell to run the command on the background: `system("test2.pl &");` [download] Another option is to use `fork` to create new processes and then `exec` to call the other script: `my $pid = fork; if (defined $pid and !$pid) { exec "test2.pl"; exit(0); # just in case exec fails! }` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: execute secondary script not waiting for a result and continue with script by PugSA (Beadle) on May 30, 2007 at 10:36 UTC
Thank you the fork works	[reply]
Re^3: execute secondary script not waiting for a result and continue with script by blazar (Canon) on May 30, 2007 at 19:59 UTC
I need test2.pl & test3.pl to run at the same time, with system() it will wait for test2.pl to finish before executing test3.pl If you don't want to explicitly fork as correctly suggested to you by several monks, then a cheap way to have perl implicitly do that for you that is often is by means of piped open's.	[reply]