#!/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; }