> Hey,
Hi
>
> Within a perl script of mine, I'd like to execute a shell
> command but have it sleep for a few minutes prior to doing
> so. There are probably better ways but I can't think/find any
> at the moment to do so, what I tried so far is shown here:
>
> system("sleep 90 ; some_command_here")
>
I had the axact same problem a week or so ago. Try:
System( "(sleep 90; some_command_here) &" )
HTH
> but as you can guess... this doesnt kick the command off to
> the background and as a result the perl script will sleep as
> well. Is there anyway to kick this off to the background so
> that the perl script can continue on?
>
> I'd prefer not having to use additional modules to do so. In
> the meantime, I'll check out the fork function.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get this done?
>
> Thanks.
>
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