Re^3: execute secondary script not waiting for a result and continue with script

the easy way is to use the shell to run the command on the background:

system("test2.pl &");
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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!
}
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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]