c:\test>\perl32\bin\perl.exe -wle"print $$, ':', $p=system 1, 'perl -le\"print qq[??$$]; sleep 10; print q[exiting]\"'; print waitpid $p, 1 while sleep 1" 13960:14028 ??13984 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 exiting 14028 -1 -1 -1 Terminating on signal SIGINT(2)