Hi guys/gals, I have a fork() vs backtick question. If I have the following code and the file list within each .makelist file is guaranteed to be correct: 
my @dirs = (
    "/path1",
    "/path2",...
);

foreach my $dir (@dirs) {
    next unless -d $dir;
    my @makelists = `find $dir -name .makelist`;
    foreach my $file (@makelists) {
        my $kidpid = fork();
        if($kidpid == 0){
            # Child here
            if (-e "$dir/$file") {
                ProcessMakeList($file);
            } else {
                print "bad $file\n";
            }
            exit 0;
        }
    }
}

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why would the fork() interfere with the results from the backticks in line 8? I know this is happening because the following code does work correctly 
my @dirs = (
    "/path1",
    "/path2",...
);

foreach my $dir (@dirs) {
    next unless -d $dir;
    my $kidpid = fork();
    if($kidpid == 0){
        # Child here
        my @makelists = `find $dir -name .makelist`;
        foreach my $file (@makelists) {
            if (-e "$dir/$file") {
                ProcessMakeList($file);
            } else {
                print "bad $file\n";
            }
        }
        exit 0;
    }
}

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In reply to fork() interferring with backtick by mkaiser67

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