#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use MyDBH; my $dbh = MyDBH->new(); print "Ping: ", $dbh->ping(), "\n"; my $kidpid = fork(); if ($kidpid == 0) { # child process print "Hello world from $$!\n"; exit; } # parent process print "Spawned child process: $kidpid\n"; print "Ping: ", $dbh->ping(), "\n";