Forked script doesnt exec from a cgi script

[Neetee Pawa]

Hi All,

I am trying to invoke a perl script in background  from a cgi script. Code 
seems working as i can see the script gets invoked however nothing gets 
executed from the script. ( the script is functioning fine from the 
command prompt)

Here is what i have written

$SIG{CHLD}='IGNORE';
my $pid=fork();

#Starting child
if($pid) {
        $layout->addContent("<br /><p>" . "Script is running(PID: $pid). 
Should be done soon.". "</p>");
              if (defined($layout)) {
               $layout->output();
        }
        exit(0);
       }else{
                   #  close(STDOUT);
                     close(STDERR);
                     close(STDIN);
       exec "/opt/soe/local/bin/perl /opt/soe/local/bin/test.pl "; # Run 
script in background
       #exec "/opt/soe/local/bin/perl /opt/soe/local/bin/pres-upd-reports 
--report=basic-monthly-report-cpu --account=CSC "; # Run script in 
background
        }

}


I tried to try a test.pl which sleeps for 10 secs , then i can see it 
running in ps -ef output but i asked it to touch a file in /tmp and it 
wasnt able to touch the file.

Any clue?? Please help.

Thanks

Neetee


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