Hi,

You should use a reaper, the following snippets should get you started: 
use POSIX;

use constant MAX_CHILDS => 6;

my $CHILD_COUNT = 0;

$SIG{CHLD} = \&Reaper;

sub Reaper {
    my $childPid;
    while (($childPid = waitpid(-1, &WNOHANG)) > 0) {
        $CHILD_COUNT--;
    }
    $SIG{CHLD} = \&Reaper;
}

if ($CHILD_COUNT < MAX_CHILDS) {
    my $pid;
    if (!defined($pid = fork())) {
        # Fork failed
    }
    # Child process
    elsif ($pid == 0) {
        # Process file
    }
    # Parent process
    else {
        $CHILD_COUNT++;
    }
}

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In reply to Re: Daemonized with max processes by Marcello
in thread Daemonized with max processes by TeKk9

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