Jamie Bridges wrote: > I am attempting to collect the PIDs of system/backtick calls ( up to > 40 of them ) and revisit them to ensure that they completed.
Both system() and backticks call wait() internally, so they don't return until the child process terminates. If you want to start a process and let it run without waiting for it, you need to use fork() and exec(). fork() returns the PID of the created process. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
