Run executable in background from script?

[CJason]

I want to execute an executable from within a perl script, and have that executable continue to run in the background...even if my own process dies. In UNIX, I think this is done, for example, like this:

$ nohup exe &

Any good ideas on how to do this from within perl? The main goal is to get a solution that is portable to several different platforms...if that's possible. So, backticking or system call may not be the best solution, I'm thinking.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[CJason]

Let me just mention...if it's not really that possible to make it totally portable, I need it to for sure work on Windows.

Thanks again!

 

[CJason]

hmmmm, now that I think about it, maybe I should be looking at starting a Windows Service??? Any advice in this area?