$pid = fork(); if( $pid == 0 ) { my $p_pid; $p_pid = getppid; print "+START Child process: $$.$p_pid " ; sleep 1; print "+EXIT Child process: $$.$p_pid "; exit; } else { my $status_pid = 0; } #### nobody 20873 20816 0 09:16 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd nobody 20874 20817 0 09:16 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd