Which OS are you running? The "\" characters make me think you're running within an MS environment.
-- John Solie -- Professional Hospital Supply -- 909-296-2600 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Graham, David > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [UDT] Use of PCPERFORM and the PHANTOM command > > I'm doing something a bit unusual (for me at least) and am > encountering a difference in behavior that I suspect is wrong > - however I'd like the group's opinion on this. > > I have a UniBasic program that executes the following line of code: > > PCPERFORM "cd \folder\folder\U2Account; udt PHANTOM ProgramName" > > According to the on-line documentation for the PCPERFORM > command, this should; > 1 - changed directories to \folder\folder\U2Account > 2 - start UniData via the "udt" command > 3 - Create a PHANTOM process that runs "ProgramName" > > Implicit in this is that once the PHANTOM is started, control > will return to the program that ran the PCPERFORM and it will > go on its merry way. Regrettably that does not happen. What > does happen is that the process that executed the PCPERFORM > command will wait until "ProgramName" has completed and > *then* will return to the original process. > > I can think of several other ways to accomplish the same goal > - however if UniData is supposed to be able to do this I'd > like to take advantage of it. > > Dave Graham > Storis Management Systems, Inc. > (954) 725-3655 Ext. 102 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
