> -----Original Message-----
> From: insomniak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 9:26 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: using system?
>
>
> Hi all,
> Thanks for your reply, but I think i should rephase what I am
> trying to do.
>
> Basically im writting a script that runs a series of commands using
> system(). But I need to know that the previous command has
> completed before
> running the next. I had thought that using "wait" might do
> the trick but I
> do not have any examples to go from. the only exmaple I've
> seen is in the
> perl camel book - $sig{CHLD} = sub {wait } and being a bit
> green on perl I
> not sure if this will help me or how I would use it :(.
>
> If what I'm asking is not possible - fair enough, but any
> help on this is
> much-o appricated.
>From perldoc -f system:
=item system LIST
=item system PROGRAM LIST
Does exactly the same thing as "C<exec LIST>", except that a fork is done
first, and the parent process waits for the child process to complete.
system() already waits, so why do you think you need to wait?
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