in reply to Re^2: which module - linux/process
in thread which module - linux/process

Yes, system(command,args) is what i use

What i need is to wait for the above command to complete and control passed back to the perl script, so i can do something more in there

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Re^4: which module - linux/process
by salva (Canon) on Sep 25, 2007 at 11:16 UTC
    but that's what system does!

    Maybe the shell script you are calling is forking more processes and not waiting for them.

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Re^4: which module - linux/process
by oha (Friar) on Sep 25, 2007 at 11:11 UTC
    system will fork/exec and wait
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