On 6/2/05, Tielman Koekemoer (TNE) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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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Yep. That did it. thanks!
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