How do you start a background process in Perl?

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I'm trying to figure out how to start a background process in a perl script (on Windows). In other words, I don't want the script to wait for the child process to complete before regaining control. Is there an easy way to do this in just a few lines of code? I've looked at perldoc for the system command, but it doesn't seem to do what I want..

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 30 '11 at 06:34

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See system in perlport: "system(1,@args) spawns an external process and immediately returns its process designator, without waiting for it to terminate...(Win32)"

edited Mar 30 '11 at 06:34

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answered Mar 30 '11 at 05:57

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Thanks, this is the simplest solution posted here. Exactly what I'm looking for. – pepsi Mar 30 '11 at 13:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '11 at 12:58

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Try using Win32::Job.

answered Mar 30 '11 at 12:58

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How do you start a background process in Perl?

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