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in reply to Re: mysterious fork() failure
in thread mysterious fork() failure

So,
if (!defined($pid = fork())) {
   # parent process, fork() failure
}
elsif ($pid == 0) {
   # child process, successful fork()
}
elsif ($justSomeVar == 1) {
   # parent process, successful fork()
}
else {
   # parent process, successful fork()
}

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