Re: I need to run and release a program in the background

2020-11-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 2020-11-16 15:50, Andy Bach wrote: > this command runs OUTSIDE the shell.  There are no  environmental variables to be found such as $HOME Well, not exactly none, but a limited env $ raku -e 'my $pA = Proc::Async.new( "env" ); $pA.start;' ... Hi Andy, Limited indeed! I get around it w

Re: I need to run and release a program in the background

2020-11-16 Thread Andy Bach
n:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin From: ToddAndMargo via perl6-users Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 4:39 PM To: perl6-us...@perl.org Subject: Re: I need to run and release a program in the background CAUTION - EXT

Re: I need to run and release a program in the background

2020-11-16 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 2020-11-14 12:23, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, How do I use qqx or other to run and release a program in the background, like bash's "&"? Many thanks, -T My revised keeper: How to run and release a file: Note: this command runs OUTSIDE the shell. There are no envi

Re: I need to run and release a program in the background

2020-11-14 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 2020-11-14 13:14, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 2020-11-14 12:23, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, How do I use qqx or other to run and release a program in the background, like bash's "&"? Many thanks, -T The guys on hte chat line figured it out for me: $ p6 'my $pA

Re: I need to run and release a program in the background

2020-11-14 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 2020-11-14 12:23, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, How do I use qqx or other to run and release a program in the background, like bash's "&"? Many thanks, -T The guys on hte chat line figured it out for me: $ p6 'my $pA = Proc::Async.new( "/usr/bin/leafpad" ); my $promise = $