Run .pl or .exe in background

[CJason]

I need to kick off a .pl or .exe from another perl script and have it run in the background...while continuing on with the current script. The only "special" thing I need to do is to give the new process a specific name.

I found Proc::Forking on CPAN...which is REALLY close to what I need. However, that appears to only working on functions and not other scripts/exes.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

 

[CJason]

I think I got it...at least good enough for what I need:

if ($pid = fork) {
  #parent...do stuff here
} elsif (defined ($pid)) {
  if (.exe) {
    $cmd = '/home/me/doit.exe'
    exec $cmd 'HELLO';
  } else {
    $cmd = '/usr/bin/perl';
    exec $cmd 'HELLO','/home/me/doit.pl';
  }
}

running ps -f:
for the .exe, you get 'HELLO'
for the .pl, you get 'HELLO /home/me/doit.pl'

This is good enough for me! Hope this helps someone.