Re: fork() && exit;

There's not much point of doing a 'fork && exit', except for detaching. 'fork && exit' means that the program forks, and if it succeeds, the parent immediately terminates. You are better off doing something like:

my $pid1 = fork err die "fork: $!";  # Get the // patch...
unless ($pid1) {
    # Child 1
    count;
    exit;
}
my $pid2 = fork err die "fork: $!";
unless ($pid2) {
    # Child 2
    count2;
    exit;
}
# Parent.
....
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Abigail

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Re: Re: fork() && exit; by stvn (Monsignor) on Feb 23, 2004 at 17:16 UTC
This is the best I could find re: the `err` operator. Cool stuff though. Got any links to that path around Abigail? -stvn	[reply] [d/l]
Re: fork() && exit; by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Feb 23, 2004 at 17:23 UTC
That's a document about perl6, which seems to be vaporware. Try the README and/or perldelta.pod file coming with a recent existing version of perl. I'm talking about working code, not fairy tales. `;-)` Abigail	[reply]
Re: Re: fork() && exit; by stvn (Monsignor) on Feb 23, 2004 at 17:46 UTC
Yeah I realized it was Perl 6, but it was i all i could find re: the err operator. ;-) -stvn	[reply]
Re: Re: fork() && exit; by stvn (Monsignor) on Feb 23, 2004 at 16:52 UTC
Abigail, An initial google search and perldoc search didn't reveal anything about "fork err". Can you please provide a link to any info regarding it? TIA -stvn	[reply]
Re: fork() && exit; by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Feb 23, 2004 at 16:58 UTC
`err` is an operator (and has nothing to do with fork), which you get if you install the // patch (for 5.8.1, 5.8.2 or 5.8.3), or if you run bleadperl. Abigail	[reply]