[EMAIL PROTECTED] <> wrote:
> I have been trying to spawn child processes on MAC osx 10.4.2 for the
> last week and a half. I have been unsuccessful. I can do it on
> Winblows using system and start. is there an equivalent on posix???
>
> thanks in advance for the help
>
> relevant code section:
>
> if($load){
> # deal with load (if needed) before starting test
> my $prcss=1;
> while($load>$prcss){
> ## system moves forward until the returnis needed, doing the
> system ## command in a sub-process. since no return is needed
> here the ## system command is used to spawn load-1 child processes
>
> my $ldcmd='';
>
> # start with minimum needed arguments
> unless($posix){
> # $ldcmd="start perl $0 -code $prcss -log $log"; # pl command
> line $ldcmd="start $0 -co $prcss -log $log"; # exe command line
> }else{
> # start isnt in posix, how do we launch it independently?
> # $ldcmd="perl $0 -code $prcss -log $log"; # pl command line
> $ldcmd="$0 -co $prcss -log $log";
> }
>
> # add others that are set
> if($size){ $ldcmd.=" -fi $size"; }
> if($unch){ $ldcmd.=" -unc-l $unch -unc-u $uncu -unc-p $uncp
> -unc-d $udir"; } if($iter){ $ldcmd.=" -it $iter"; }
> if($posix){ $ldcmd.=" -posi -pos-u $posu -pos-p $posp -pos-l
> $posl"; } if($msubs && $usubs)
> { $ldcmd.=" -mk -use -sub $maxlvl -dir $dpl"; }
> elsif($usubs)
> { $ldcmd.=" -use -sub $maxlvl -dir $dpl"; }
> elsif($msubs)
> { $ldcmd.=" -mk -sub $maxlvl -dir $dpl"; }
> if($lcl){ $ldcmd.=" -loc -ls $ldir"; }
>
> system "$ldcmd";
> &rep("Spawned chiled process ($prcss) for load testing\n\t via
> command: $ldcmd",$verb);
> $prcss++;
> }
> }
It looks like you are trying to run programs in background. It might
help if you look at 'perldoc -q background'.
HTH
--
Brian Raven
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