Thanx for effort liz :)

This is a sample of code that exists. i've left all the use module::module; for you to see what i use in the entire bot.

This bot just sends TEST TEST to a user who does .help

With threaded perl it works good. starts a process then it exits it when done but loads alot of memory. With forks it works but it doesnt end the process, the extra bot.pl is still there when ps -aux | grep bot.pl

bot.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use Net::IRC;
use strict;
use HTTP::Response;
use HTML::LinkExtor;
use URI::URL;
use DBI;
use Data::Dumper;
use File::Basename;
use File::Path;
use vars qw($search $text $ftp);
use Net::FTP;
use Config::IniFiles;                                           
use Number::Format;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request;
#use Thread;
use FileHandle;
                                                 
use Time::HiRes qw(usleep ualarm gettimeofday tv_interval);
use Date::Calc qw(:all);
use Net::Cmd;
use forks;

my $ircserver = '127.0.0.1';                                          
+                                               
my $ircport = '7777';                                                 
+                                            
our $ircchannel = '#test';                                            
+                                           
my $ircbotname = 'labrat';                                            
+                                     
my $joingreet = 'hello fellas';                                       
+                                                
my $nickgreet = 'welcome '; 
my $ircname = 'labrat';                                               
+                                           
my $username = 'labrat';                                              
+                                          
my $localip = '192.168.0.1';                                          
+                                                

my  $pid = $$;
our $bold = chr(2); 

print "Preparing to load required files!!\n";

### MODULES ###
require "help_module.pl";
print "Required Files loaded OK!!\n";

sub ircinfo {
our $irc = new Net::IRC;
our $conn = $irc->newconn(
        Server          => $ircserver,
        Port            => $ircport,
        Nick            => $ircbotname,
        Ircname         => $ircname,
        LocalAddr       => $localip,
        Password     => 'fucknuts.',
    Username        => $username
);

$conn->{channel} = $ircchannel;
$conn->add_handler('join', \&on_join);
$conn->add_handler('part', \&on_part);
$conn->add_handler('public', \&on_public);
$conn->add_handler('376', \&on_connect);
$conn->add_global_handler('disconnect', \&reconnect);
$conn->add_global_handler(433, \&on_nick_taken);
$irc->start();
}

sub reconnect {
system("./bot.pl &");
system("kill -9 $pid");
}

sub default {
    my ($conn, $event) = @_;
    print Dumper($event);
}

sub on_connect {

    my $conn = shift;
    $conn->join($conn->{channel});
    $conn->privmsg($conn->{channel}, $joingreet);
    $conn->{connected} = 1;
    $conn->add_global_handler(433, \&on_nick_taken);
}

sub on_nick_taken {
    
    my ($self) = shift;
    $self->nick(substr($self->nick, -1) . substr($self->nick, 0, 8));
}

sub on_join {
    my ($conn, $event) = @_;
    my $nick = $event->{nick};
    my $host = $event->{host};
    $conn->privmsg($conn->{channel}, "$nickgreet," . $bold . " $nick" 
+. $bold );
}

sub on_part {

    my ($conn, $event) = @_;
    my $nick = $event->{nick};
    $conn->privmsg($conn->{channel}, "Goodbye, $nick!");
}

sub on_public {
        
    my ($conn, $event) = @_;
    my $text = $event->{args}[0];

    if (lc substr($text,0,5) eq ".help") {
        my $info = substr($text,6);
    my $helpthr = threads->new(\&help, "$event->{nick}");
    $helpthr->detach;
        }
}

print "Starting Bot!!\n";
ircinfo();
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This is the help_module.pl

sub help {
my $nick = shift;   

$conn->privmsg($nick, $bold . "TEST " . $bold . "TEST");
last(); # Here i've tried with last; exit(); return;
}
1;
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I'm really stuck on this :/ I dont have a singel clue. Might be my irc module thas poorly written to. Hope you get something out of it :)

/Chris

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