So what you're saying is that the backticks wait until the process is finished? I was wondering about that. I know that system() doesn't wait; it fires off the command and continues on to the next line.
Dean Theophilou -----Original Message----- From: Agustin Rivera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 4:26 PM To: Jim Ockers; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: running commands in bkgd Use the system command. Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ockers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: running commands in bkgd > > I'd like to make a perl script that runs queues up jobs. > > Using the backticks works well except that if I attempt to run > something in the background (i.e. `foobar &`) the script pauses until > the job is complete. > > Is this limitation due to the shell rather than perl? > > Thanks, > > -Jim > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
