Re: [mv] Global Subs

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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Quoting Cameron B. Prince (cbp@internetexpertsllc.com):
> 
> I gave this a try and it does run the script, but it runs it identical to
> GlobalSubs in the Minivend.cfg
> 
> Minivend runs the program and waits for it to complete before mv_nextpage is
> loaded.
> 
> I need the process to spawn off individually and Minivend shouldn't wait on
> it before feeding the next page to the browser.
> 
> 
> Could anyone explain how this is done?
> 

You have to double-fork, for the wait() call will wait for any
associated children. In Perl, you do something like:

	my $pid;
	if(! defined $pid = fork()) {
		die "Can't fork!";
	}
	elsif (! $pid) {
		unless (fork()) {
			system "your_program";
		}
	}
	wait();

I don't recommend doing this often, though, on a busy system.

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