--- Jamie Bridges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am attempting to collect the PIDs of system/backtick calls ( up to > 40 of > them ) and revisit them to ensure that they completed. The frontend > interface is CGI but in this case that part is working fine. I > cannot, > however, find anything in my 15 O'Reily books or Google which > includes how > to do this without using a shell script to record the information.
:) You should study CPAN more - http://search.cpan.org/search?query=PID&mode=all This issue HAS come up before and there are solutions (also as per Bob's posting regarding fork, et al.) Perl and Unix have been hand-in-hand for a long time -- take advantage of this. -Sx- ===== -Sx- seeking employment: http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
