Re: how to run a process in background mode

[Vautrin]

Why don't you just use system("command &"); to background the command that you are running and then have the fork exit (0);? (Remember to install a signal handler for CHLD. Also, check whether or not your fork is defined. If it isn't, die -- you've run out of system resources and are probably fork bombing your box).

[w3ntp]

Thanks for the response. Tried this and it did not do what I needed it to do. Got proc::Background. was the exact solution for my application thanks for the response and assist W3NTP