Re: Basic question - Starting a background task without waiting for its end.

Michel wrote: > > I (very simply) try to open a "notepad" on a simple text file in a > simplistic PHP script, and would like to go on and display the next page > without waiting for this notepad to be shut. > > After various attempts, I have used an : > > exec ('bash -c cmd /C start /MAX notepad "my_file" > NUL'); > > ... but it still wait for the shutting of the notepad ..! interesting question, I didn't really come up with an answer (maybe someone with real voodoo powers know the 'proper' answer) but I did find this page (which hopefully provides a useful work around [all kudos to the guy named Mike]): http://www.naken.cc/mikehup.php > > Could anybody help me ? > > For clarification : > 1) I use this script on a machine which is in the same time "server" and > "client", which gives "meaning" to this operation. > 2) I use "bash -c" because I have the cygwin platform which can easily > initiate tasks in background, but it could be suppressed, because it "de > facto" changes nothing... > > Thank's for help. > > Michel. >