if (!defined($kidpid = fork())){
      # fork returned undef, so failed
      die "cannot fork: $!";
}elsif ($kidpid == 0) 
{
      # fork returned 0, so this branch is the child
      $TestResult = &$TEST_PROCESS($_[0], $_[1]);    
# &$TEST_PROCESS is a subroutine that is written in some other file that will return 1 if success 
        exit;  # terminate the child thread...
} 
else
{
       for ($timer=0;$timer<=$TEST_TIMEOUT;$timer++)
       {

##</code><code>##

     }
}