use LWP::Simple;
  use Parallel::ForkManager;

  ...

  @links=(
    ["http://www.foo.bar/rulez.data","rulez_data.txt"],
    ["http://new.host/more_data.doc","more_data.doc"],
    ...
  );

  ...

  # Max 30 processes for parallel download
  my $pm = new Parallel::ForkManager(30);

  foreach my $linkarray (@links) {
    $pm->start and next; # do the fork

    my ($link,$fn) = @$linkarray;
    warn "Cannot get $fn from $link"
      if getstore($link,$fn) != RC_OK;

    $pm->finish; # do the exit in the child process
  }
  $pm->wait_all_children;