#!/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) { local $SIG{TERM} = sub { print "Parent received signal: @_"; die "$$ committing suicide!\n"; }; { local $SIG{TERM} = sub { print "Parent received signal: @_"; print "$$ committing infanticide!"; kill TERM => $pid if kill 0 => $pid; }; print "Parent: $$; Child: $pid"; print "Waiting on child ..."; waitpid($pid, 0); } print "Child terminated."; print "$$ resting ..."; sleep SLEEP_TIME; print "$$ rested and exiting."; } else { print "Child: $$"; local $SIG{TERM} = sub { print "Child received signal: @_"; die "Child died via signal handler.\n"; }; sleep SLEEP_TIME; exit; } #### Parent: 36789; Child: 36790 Waiting on child ... Child: 36790 Child terminated. 36789 resting ... 36789 rested and exiting. #### Parent: 36797; Child: 36798 Waiting on child ... Child: 36798 Parent received signal: TERM 36797 committing infanticide! Child received signal: TERM Child died via signal handler. Child terminated. 36797 resting ... Parent received signal: TERM 36797 committing suicide! #### Parent: 36835; Child: 36836 Waiting on child ... Child: 36836 Child received signal: TERM Child died via signal handler. Child terminated. 36835 resting ... Parent received signal: TERM 36835 committing suicide!