system('/usr/local/bin/startProxy 172.16.0.5 9051');

system('/usr/local/bin/startProxy 172.16.0.5 9051 &');

#!/bin/bash
#
# startProxy <IP_Address> <Proxy_Port>
#
# Starts an ssh proxy connection using -D <port> to remote system
#
ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 -f -N -D $2 $1 &

system('/usr/local/bin/startProxy 172.16.0.5 9051 2>&1 >/dev/null');

ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 -f -N -D $2 $1 2>&1 >/dev/null