Hi,

I am writing a perl script, which will execute a command in Linux box. The command should run in background. So, the command should run with '&'. The command should be --

./startWebLogic.sh &

My perl command is looking something like this --

my @lines = qx/"D:\\plink -ssh $myhash{ROLE_ACCNT}\@$myhash{OSESSRVRS} -i $myhash{KEY} -t $myhash{OSES_HOME}\/startWebLogic.sh \&"/;

But on running, the control is not coming back to perl. On looking in Linux box for the command, it shows that & is missing '&' from the command that got executed. In Linux box, it looks something like this --

65503     9425  9424  0 01:33 pts/1    00:00:00 -sh -c /mis/startWebLo
+gic.sh
65503     9459  9425  0 01:33 pts/1    00:00:00 /bin/sh /mis/startWebL
+ogic.sh

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Please help me, in finding a solution. How to get the command to run in background.

Thanks, Partho

In reply to Control not coming back to perl script by parthodas

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