--START-- OPEN FILE TO READ AND WRITE; IF ($PID = FORK()) { SLEEP(1); WRITE 'ALPHA'; SLEEP(5); WRITE 'BETA'; } ELSE (DEFINED $PID) { SLEEP(3); READ THE FILE; #Hope to output 'ALPHA' SLEEP(7); READ THE FILE; #Hope to output 'ALPHA' and 'BETA' } CLOSE THE FREAKING FILE; --DONE--