Re: how to run non-waiting background process

[BrowserUk]

in reply to how to run non-waiting background process

Use:

system 1, 'theCommand';

I'm pretty sure that worked on 5.6.1; but it was a very long time ago.

If not, this will work:

system 'start /b theCommand';

[Anonymous Monk]

:) typed from memory http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.6.1/pod/perlport.pod#system says system(1, @args) spawns