How can i make a non blocking systems call in perl

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How can I fire and forget a process in Perl?

I want to do it on windows .

system($cmd)

I am trying to run this system command

system($cmd) ;

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2133910/how-can-i-fire-and-forget-a-process-in-perl http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2711520/how-can-i-run-perl-system-commands-in-the-background http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4053093/how-can-i-make-fork-in-perl-in-different-scripts http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8157848/how-to-spawn-other-programs-within-perl-script-and-immediately-continue-perl-pro http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8240483/how-to-launch-program-from-perl-as-a-separate-process — daxim, Jan 24 '12 at 14:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '12 at 16:16

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In Windows only, you can use

system 1, $cmd;

to create and run a detached process.

answered Jan 24 '12 at 16:16

mob

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '12 at 14:01

-1

You can use exec in a child process after you fork:

exec( $cmd ) if !fork();

answered Jan 24 '12 at 14:01

xpapad

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