[Pdx-pm] Apache, mod_perl, Catalyst, qx, and the ampersand

[Randall Hansen]

On Dec 20, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:

> 	qx{ script_that_does_the_get_and_other_magic & };

that's one way.  here's another:

http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col39.html

i've used something like merlyn's fork technique several times and it  
works well.  it's pretty easy to have some part of the app "notice"  
when a process is finished and notify the user.

r