Re: end "system"

This might get you what you want:

Update: Corrections thanks to ikegami.

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my $pid = open CMD, "iceweasel -new-window '$url' |" or die $!;
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kill 'TERM', $pid;

## Maybe also use waitpid here?
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Re^2: end "system" by PierreL (Novice) on Oct 26, 2007 at 07:39 UTC
It actually creates a pid and kill it, but the window of iceweasel does not disappear. Which is strange because the pid is the one of iceweasel. my $url="http://www.google.fr/"; my $pid = open CMD, "iceweasel -new-window '$url' \|" or die $!; print $pid; sleep 10; kill $pid; close CMD;	[reply]
Re^3: end "system" by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2007 at 07:52 UTC
kill $pid; You are missing an argument to kill. You need to specify the signal to send to the pid, either as a string , `'TERM'` or `'KILL'` or as a number: 2 or 9; Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: end "system" by PierreL (Novice) on Oct 26, 2007 at 09:52 UTC
Sorry, but even with the 'KILL' parameter, it doesn't close the window. Maybe it only kill the process CMD, not iceweasel itself. It is the same problem with 'system' function.	[reply]
Re^5: end "system" by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2007 at 18:42 UTC
Re^5: end "system" by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2007 at 16:45 UTC
Re^3: end "system" by PierreL (Novice) on Oct 26, 2007 at 19:03 UTC
my $url="http://www.google.fr/"; my $pid = open CMD, "iceweasel -new-window '$url' \|" or die $!; print "$pid\n"; sleep 10; my $k=kill 'KILL',$pid; print "$k\n"; close CMD; the process is actually killed, but the window opened doesn't shut.	[reply]