Re: asynchronize "os.execute" call

[Xu Wang <xu4wang@...>]

Thanks Hans, exactly what I want. Great!

2009/3/5 Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>

Xu Wang wrote:

Hi List,

Is there a way in lua to launch an application in a asynchronize way?

for example, when I run os.execute("notepad.exe"), the script will suspend
until notepad exits. Is there a way to just launch notepad without waiting?

os.execute("start notepad.exe")


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