Question

How can I make a C++ program start another program/process (C++ specifically) and not wait for it to end? (so system() won’t work here because it starts the other program/process as child, right?)

I was thinking about starting the second program/process on another thread or something but I’m not sure if that would work.

Thanks for the help.

Edit: Running linux, sorry for missin that precision… (ubuntu 11.10 to be precise)

Answer 1

Create a fork with fork() (or clone() if you wanted threads rather than jobs), and then run the program using execve() or system() in one process, and continue running the original program in the other.