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Re^4: question about running a system and a perl function background

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Dec 20, 2004 at 22:34 UTC ( [id://416342]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: question about running a system and a perl function background
in thread question about running a system and a perl function background

The "piped open" (See perlopentut) returns the pid of the child process.

See also Re^5: question about running a system and a perl function background in this thread for an example of use.


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