#!/usr/bin/env perl -l use strict; use warnings; use constant SLEEP_TIME => 20; my $pid = fork; die "Can't fork()" unless defined $pid; if ($pid) { print "Parent: $$; Child: $pid"; local $SIG{TERM} = sub { print "Parent received signal: @_"; kill TERM => $pid if kill 0 => $pid; }; print "Waiting on child ..."; waitpid($pid, 0); print "Child terminated."; } else { print "Child: $$"; local $SIG{TERM} = sub { print "Child received signal: @_"; die "Child died via signal handler.\n"; }; sleep SLEEP_TIME; exit; } #### Parent: 28186; Child: 28187 Waiting on child ... Child: 28187 ... SLEEP_TIME seconds pass Child terminated. #### Parent: 28192; Child: 28193 Waiting on child ... Child: 28193 ... on another command line: kill -TERM 28192 Parent received signal: TERM Child received signal: TERM Child died via signal handler. Child terminated. #### Parent: 28201; Child: 28202 Waiting on child ... Child: 28202 ... on another command line: kill -TERM 28202 Child received signal: TERM Child died via signal handler. Child terminated. #### Parent: 28405; Child: 28406 Waiting on child ... Child: 28406 ... SLEEP_TIME seconds pass Child terminated. #### Parent: 28419; Child: 28420 Waiting on child ... Child: 28420 ... kill -TERM 28419 Parent received signal: TERM Child terminated. #### Parent: 28430; Child: 28431 Waiting on child ... Child: 28431 ... kill -TERM 28431 Child terminated.