Non-blocking version of system()

Question

I want to launch a process from within my c program, but I don\'t want to wait for that program to finish. I can launch that process OK using system() but that always waits.

Answer 1

In the end, this code appears to work. Bit of a mis-mash of the above answers:

pid = fork();

if (!pid)
{
    system("command here &");
}

exit(0);

Not quite sure why it works, but it does what I'm after, thanks to everyone for your help