Scott Phelps wrote:
>
> I need to invoke a another script from within a CGI but I don't want to wait
> for the secondary script to complete.
>
> I thought that using exec() instead of system() would get the job done, but
> output of the CGI is just handed over to the exec'ed script.
>
> I just want to trigger a slow running perl script from within a CGI,
> somebody please make me look stupid and give a quick answer!
use Win32::Process;
Probably with the DETACHED_PROCESS option.
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