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I'm trying to figure out how to pass data from one process to another. I've read perlipc but I am still missing something or misunderstood something. Would any one be able to set me straight on what I'm doing wrong?

 #!/usr/bin/perl pipe(READER, WRITE); $pid =fork(); if ($pid) { print "\nIn parent"; $val1 = 100; while($num = <READER>) { print "\nin while"; print $num; } close(READER); } else { print "\nIn child"; $val2 = 150; print WRITE $val2; close(WRITE); print "\nChild closed write"; } do { $forkvar = waitpid (-1, WNOHANG); } while ($forkvar < 0);

In reply to Re: interprocess communication by mr_mischief
in thread interprocess communication by mevans

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