Re^2: calling one cgi script from another

[Anonymous Monk]

I've been reading up on this and have implemented the fork:

if ($pid = fork) { 
print "I am parent\n"; 
} elsif (defined $pid) { 
print "I am child\n"; 
sleep 5; 
print "Child is done\n"; 
} else { 
die "Major error: $!"; 
} 
print "PID: $$\n";

However I need the child to run in the background, for the browser to be freed up on printing the parent. Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?

[derby]

merlyn has an article on this topic.

[Anonymous Monk]

Actually, I don't want to keep an eye on it - I just need ti to carry on until it's finished.

Effectively I need system "long_running_code with parameters &"; but not in the shell as I need to pass arguments

[derby]

I'm sure if you *read* the article, the only diff you'll notice is what you do in the parent after the fork (create a meta-refresh page like merlyn does or another landing page like you do).