release control after calling a script

[bluedragon2]

I used perl to call a .sh unix script, but it will not release control. I called the script by:

`/opt/script.sh`;

the .sh script contains:

/opt/startprocess.sh &
exit

Is there something I need to add to release control back to the perl script?

Thanks

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[travs69]

why not just do
`/opt/startprocess.sh &`;

I think there are other systems calls that are non blocking.. I think exec?

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[MillerH]

As Travis says... The simplest method:

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq8.html#How-do-I-start-a-process-in-the-background?

- Miller

 

[bluedragon2]

The process will not run like that. It must be started from the .sh script.

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[max1x]

`/opt/startprocess.sh \&`; <-- This works for me in my scripts.