Erh, fork already returns the child's pid (to the parent, if succesful). There is absolutely no need to increment it. If there is, your operating system is seriously broken. 

if (my $pid = fork) {
    # parent
} elsif (defined $pid) {
    # child
    exit;
} else {
    # error
}

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Some style issues: Don't use &foo: use foo() instead. &foo has some unpleasant side effects (passes @_ if you don't use parens. Put subs near the top to avoid sharing _all_ file scoped lexicals. This will be useful when you use strict. Third, use strict. Reasonably important: check the return value of kill. Reaping and killing are not the same, by the way. Use waitpid or wait to reap. 

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In reply to Re: Child PID? by Juerd
in thread Child PID? by Anonymous Monk

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