[fpc-pascal] Re: Linux: How to execute a program, but not towaituntil finishes

[Ludo Brands]

I only see this behavior when running the program from lazarus. Lazarus
and/or gdb seem to clean up orphans when exiting the parent process.

Ludo


> I don't know on which system you tried, but on my Ubuntu 
> 11.04 64bit it dies with parent one.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Ludo Brands 
> <ludo.brands at free.fr> wrote:
> >  with TProcess.Create(nil) do begin
> >    CommandLine := '/my/path/to/exe';
> >    Execute;
> >    Free;
> >  end;
> >
> >
> > works fine. The child continues after the parent dies.
> >
> > Ludo
> >
> >
> >> -----Message d'origine-----
> >> De : fpc-pascal-bounces at lists.freepascal.org
> >> [mailto:fpc-pascal-bounces at lists.freepascal.org] De la 
> part de fred f 
> >> Envoyé : vendredi 15 juillet 2011 16:14 À : FPC-Pascal users 
> >> discussions Objet : Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Linux: How to execute a 
> >> program, but not to waituntil finishes
> >>
> >>
> >> first of all, thanks for answers, but
> >>
> >> >> fpsystem('/my/path/to/exe &');
> >>
> >> works fine and it does what I want, but when my 
> application ends then 
> >> the started app over fpsystem is closed as well.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> F.
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