in reply to launching application from perl

YOU REALLY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO INCLUDE THE LITERAL CODE YOU USED TO TRY TO DO WHAT YOU CLAIM TO HAVE FAILED AT. "System call" could mean a few things.

I've ran mpg123 thru Tk and there are issues, but look! no code here either ;)

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Re^2: launching application from perl
by prekursor (Initiate) on Mar 24, 2008 at 00:57 UTC
    this worked : system("mplayer &"); specifically ampersand. Thanks guys
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