Hi@all! I have some basic questions about perl and what is a good way to handle processes. I want to do an ssh call but I need to contorl the ssh process to know if the process is still running --> status of the process. I also need to be able to kill the process and to set a timeout. 
pseudo code
#!/usr/local/bin/perl

@args = ("ssh", "unaccesible_client", "&"); #bring process in backgrou
+nd as we want to continue...

#do some stuff
$time=start_time();
#after some time get status
while ($time > 1000us) {
  $status=get_status();
  if ($status!=running) {
    $time=1000;
  }
}
...
...

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