#!/usr/bin/perl

my $fname = "/tmp/help.txt";
system("echo help me > $fname");

my $pid = fork();
if ($pid eq 0)
{
   sleep (1);
   system ("xterm -T hello -e tail -f $fname &");
   exit(-1);
}
print "This is not the correct pid: $pid \n";
sleep(5);
print "After some point in time, I want to kill $pid! \n");
system ("kill -9 $pid");
print "$pid is incorrect!\n";