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From: Poulson, Shawn
To: 'Conrad, Bill (ThomasTech)'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 8/21/2001 12:43 PM
Subject: RE: Using EXEC to force execution in Background on UNIX.
from Unix you can do this:
system("echo command | at now");
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From: Conrad, Bi
Thanks Shawn
Never thought about using a pipe. HOW SIMPLE!!!
-Original Message-
From: Poulson, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 3:44 PM
To: 'Conrad, Bill (ThomasTech)'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Using EXEC to force execution in Bac
> Is there a way on UNIX to force the execution of an external command
> from the EXEC function to be run in background?
Are you REALY sure you mean exec() ???
>From perldoc -f exec
exec LIST
exec PROGRAM LIST
The "exec" function executes a system command *and never
from Unix you can do this:
system("echo command | at now");
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From: Conrad, Bill (ThomasTech) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 3:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using EXEC to force execution in Background on UNIX.
Hi All
Is the
