Trying with my server/client stuff.

Problem:

If I have a connect from a client, a program needs to be executed. each time when there is a connect from a client. But if the program isn't finished executing it needs to wait until it's finished and then start it...

My solution:

SERVER: #!/usr/bin/perl -w 

use IO::Socket;
use Net::hostent;

$PORT = 9000;

$server = IO::Socket::INET->new( Proto     => 'tcp',
                                 LocalPort => $PORT,
                                 Listen    => SOMAXCONN,
                                 Reuse     => 1);
die "can't setup server" unless $server;

print "[Server $0 accepting clients]\n";

while ($client = $server->accept()) {
  $client->autoflush(1);
  my $pid = fork();
  if ($pid) {
    #parent
    my $hostinfo = gethostbyaddr($client->peeraddr);
    printf "[Connect from %s]\n", $hostinfo->name || $client->peerhost
+;
    print "Being Handled by child with pid $pid]\n";
    wait();
  } else {
    #child
    print $client "Welcome to $0.\n";
    system('./sleep.pl');
  }
  close $client;
}

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My executing program(just for testing): 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

my $num=1;

foreach(1..5) {
  print "PRINT: $num\n";
  $num++;
  sleep 5;
}

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But there is still a problem here :( when I telnet to the server the telent session keeps hanging after being finished. Si I assume if I write a client it also keeps hanging...

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