}
if ( !wfShellExecDisabled() && is_executable( $wgPhpCli ) ) {
- // Start a background process to run some of the jobs.
- // This will be asynchronous on *nix though not on Windows.
+ // Start a background process to run some of the jobs
wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-exec' );
$retVal = 1;
$cmd = wfShellWikiCmd( "$IP/maintenance/runJobs.php", array( '--maxjobs', $n ) );
- wfShellExec( "$cmd &", $retVal );
+ $cmd .= " >" . wfGetNull() . " 2>&1"; // don't hang PHP on pipes
+ if ( wfIsWindows() ) {
+ // Using START makes this async and also works around a bug where using
+ // wfShellExec() with a quoted script name causes a filename syntax error.
+ $cmd = "START /B \"bg\" $cmd";
+ } else {
+ $cmd = "$cmd &";
+ }
+ wfShellExec( $cmd, $retVal );
wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ . '-exec' );
} else {
try {