Re: How to continue process without waiting for the output of system()?

Cod <zencod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For example , I wrote:

system("calc");
print "hello";

Without a newline in the print, you have to careful that buffering
isn't going to get you.


Before the calc program is closed, the print statement will not
excute.

Any way to change the behavior?
I have tried fork, and system("calc&"), all failed.

What do you mean by "failed"?


My OS is WinXP, and I use Active Perl 5.8.8.


H:\>perl -e "fork or do {system('calc'); exit}; $|=1; print 'hello' "

Does what I expect.

Xho

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