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Re: Using system() at Web Host

• Posted by Patrick Barnes <mrtrick at gmail.com> Oct 12, 2005
• 572 views

For a linux app, try appending '&' to the end of the system call...

ie: system("exu mailer.exu arg1 arg2 arg3 &")

On 10/12/05, cklester <guest at rapideuphoria.com> wrote:
>
>
> posted by: cklester <cklester at yahoo.com>
>
> I'm using system() to run a program (mailer.exu) when a link on my web pa=
ge is
> clicked. The thing is, the program I run will be doing something like thi=
s:
>
> }}}
<eucode>
> while TRUE do
>   -- do some stuff
>   sleep(300) -- sleep on it
>   if time_to_exit() then
>      exit
>   end if
> end while
> </eucode>
{{{

>
> So it should stay active once the web server is done with the system() ca=
ll,
> but it seems to hang, waiting for system() to return with something.  I k=
now
> that should not be the case with system().
>
> Any hints on how to track this down? It seems the mailer.exu program and =
the
> web server are intricately linked when they should not be.
>
> -=ck
> "Programming in a state of EUPHORIA."
> http://www.cklester.com/euphoria/
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MrTrick
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