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paul · 03-22-2003, 02:47 PM

Whats the best way to run a program (and forget about it) from C++ (GNOME2 if it matters)?

Say I wanted to run mpg123 whenever somthing was clicked, but I didn't (need) to be able to stop it at any point.

I think its like exec() but I also need to know what to #include <if anything>

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paul Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NS, Canada Posts: 15	Running Programs From In C++ Whats the best way to run a program (and forget about it) from C++ (GNOME2 if it matters)? Say I wanted to run mpg123 whenever somthing was clicked, but I didn't (need) to be able to stop it at any point. I think its like exec() but I also need to know what to #include <if anything>