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

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

2020-11-16 Thread Andy Bach
> 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;' TERM=xterm XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=tty

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

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

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 =

I need to run and release a program in the background

2020-11-14 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Hi All, How do I use qqx or other to run and release a program in the background, like bash's "&"? Many thanks, -T -- A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without the mustard