exec() is not what you want. What you may want instead are either fork() or system() or do().
Some examples (without error checking, do a Super Search on each of these things to find out more):
system( 'print.pl' );
# starts print.pl and continues when print.pl finishes
# or alternatively
do( 'print.pl' );
# Runs print.pl as if the text was typed instead of
# the do(...) line
# or alternatively a version which is semi-portable to
# Windows as fork() dosen't really work there
my $pid;
$SIG{CHLD} = sub { wait };
if ($pid = fork()) {
# I am the master, so I continue here
} else {
# I am the child, so I print
};
If you really really really want to use fork(), I recommend you use the Super Search and read the man pages about it, because there is much more to fork() than what I've touched on here. |