#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use threads; use threads::shared; use Thread::Queue; my $q = Thread::Queue->new; my $done : shared; $done = 0; my $wget_thread = threads->create( \&wget_sub ); my $cpu_monitor_thread = threads->create( \&monitor_cpu ); my $mem_monitor_thread = threads->create( \&monitor_mem ); $q->enqueue(1); $wget_thread->join(); $q->dequeue; my $cpu = $cpu_monitor_thread->join(); my $mem = $mem_monitor_thread->join(); print "cpu usage: $cpu\n"; print "mem usage: $mem\n"; sub wget_sub { my $wget = `wget http://10.3.13.4/testfile.dat`; $done = 1; lock($done); print "wget:\n$wget\n"; return 1; } sub monitor_cpu { my $cap; while ( my $val = $q->peek(0) ) { #this does not get evaluated to true, ever $cap .= `bash cpu.sh; sleep 2`; } return $cap; } sub monitor_mem { my $cap; while ( my $val = $q->peek(0) ) { $cap .= `perl mem.pl; sleep 2`; } return $cap; }