Re: Running system() commands in background

From: Trent Curry (tcurrey_at_no.no.i.said.no)
Date: 10/28/03 

Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:05:34 -0800

qazmlp wrote:
> Whenever system("command") is called in a perl script, a new
> (commandline) window opens and shows the execution of the "command".
> What do I need to do if
> I have to run the command in the background? Basically, I do not
> prefer the user to see what is happening when the perl script is being
> executed.
>
> The test was done in Win2K & the solution is required in the same.
>
> Thanks!

Anyone know if this works in windows (it does under unix/linux):

<code type=perl;handtyped>
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

exit if fork;

system("command");
</code>

I'm not sure fork will work under win32. Worth a try I suppose. 

-- 
Trent Curry
perl -e
'($s=qq/e29716770256864702379602c6275605/)=~s!([0-9a-f]{2})!pack("h2",$1)!eg
;print(reverse("$s")."\n");'

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