pollDaemonParent($user); ## assign to @deDuppedArray
my $startingInstanceNum=1;
my @kids;
for (1 .. $maxStripeInstance)
{

    $stripeInstance = $startingInstanceNum;
    unless ($child = fork)
    {        # i'm the child
        die "cannot fork: $!" unless defined $child;
        pollDaemonChild($user); ## read from @deDuppedArray
        exit;
    }

    push @kids, $child;  # in case we care about their pids
    $startingInstanceNum++;
}
print "@kids\n";