my $pid = open (SAFEKID, "-|");
     if ( $pid == 0 ) {
         open STDERR, ">/dev/null";
         exec("cdrecord", "-immed", "-dummy", "-eject",         "gracetime=$gracetime",  "-tao", "dev=$resource", "$distroDirs{$distro}/$data");
     } else {
         my @output = <SAFEKID>;
         close SAFEKID;
     }