use IO::Socket;
use POSIX qw(WNOHANG setsid);

sub daemonize {
        $SIG{CHLD} = 'IGNORE';        # Configure to autoreap zombies
        die "Can't fork" unless defined ( my $child = fork );  # FORK <<<<<<<<<<<<
        CORE::exit(0) if $child;      # Parent exits
        setsid();                     # Become session leader
        open( STDIN,  "</dev/null" ); # Detach STDIN from shell
        open( STDOUT, ">/dev/null" ); # Detach STDOUT from shell
        open( STDERR, ">&STDOUT"   ); # Detach STDERR from shell
        chdir '/tmp';                 # Change working directory
        umask(0);                     # Reset umask
        $ENV{PATH} = '/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin';  # Reset PATH
        }

##</code><code>##

sub cmd_wrapper { 
	my $cmd = shift;
	my @out; 
	eval { 
		local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" };
		alarm 15;
## (CSV output logged) ##
		@out = qx[$cmd];  #<<<<< Shell out
## (CSV output *NOT* logged) ##
		alarm 0;
		};
	return $@ if $@ ne "" 
	return wantarray ? @out  : join '', @out;
	}

##</code><code>##

	## Run the Curl command ##
	my $restURL = $opt_ref->{restURL} . $opt_ref->{pagingURL};
	say "DEBUG: \$restURL: \]$restURL\[" if $cfg{debug} or $cfg{test};

	my $cmd = "$curlCommand -X $opt_ref->{method} $restURL";
	my $results = cmd_wrapper( $cmd, $opt_ref, $info_ref, $cfh{csv_export}, \@rpt_hdr, 1 );
	say 'DEBUG: $results: ', Dumper $results if $cfg{debug}; #or $cfg{test} > 1;

	$info_ref->{name} = $?;
	$info_ref->{primary} = $cmd;
	$info_ref->{status_msg} = $results;

#=pod
# Uncommented I see results, Commented out cmd_wrapper seems to hang.
	## CASE: Connection issue
	if( $? == -1 ) {   # WARN:  Will this still work now that I'm calling cmd_wrapper()???
		$info_ref->{entry_level} = 'DEBUG';
		$info_ref->{status} = 'runCurl connection failed';
		csv_log( $opt_ref, $info_ref, $cfh{csv_export}, \@rpt_hdr, 1 );					
		return;  #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< RETURN
		}
#=cut

##</code><code>##

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