#! /usr/bin/perl # # Playing with processes ... use POSIX qw(setsid); if ( $pid = fork()){ print "I am the father..\n"; print " Child pid : $pid \n"; } else{ setsid(); close STDIN ; # Inside a web server close STDERR ; # Idem close STDOUT ; # Idem print "\nI am the child \n"; print "I am $$\n"; $timer= 30 ; sleep($timer); print "\nWahhh, i am awake after $timer seconds \n"; } exit 0 ;