#!/usr/bin/perl -w

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# lect07_background
#
# example of using system to call a background process
#
# modified by Sharon Tuttle from "Learning Perl",
#    by Schartz and Phoenix
#
# last modified: 10-5-04
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# INTENDED TO BE RUN ON A UNIX SYSTEM

print "starting lect07_background\n";

# find the names of files ending in .pl --- print
#    these in a file named looky.
# (error messages? put them in looky_errors...)
                                                            
system "find / -name *.pl -print > looky 2> looky_errors &";

print "ending lect07_background\n";

# end of lect07_background