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Re: Executing programs without waiting

by GrandFather (Saint)
on Nov 22, 2005 at 21:46 UTC ( [id://510928]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Executing programs without waiting

exec doesn't return to the "calling" program, so you could fork and exec to get that behaviour.

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Re^2: Executing programs without waiting
by gcoates (Novice) on Nov 22, 2005 at 21:59 UTC

    Here's what I'm trying now:

    #!/usr/bin/perl

$SIG{CHLD} = "IGNORE";
fork();
exec("perl set");

    Is this right? The first program still doesn't seem to continue until the child program finishes... What am I missing here?

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        Ah, that explains it. It's working for me now. Thanks very much!
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