The main program is essentially a test script, which communicates via rpc with another server which will execute system commands. There are a bunch of intermediary modules between the main test script and the actual point where the rpc call is made. This is pretty much why I am trying to dumb it down so I understand the basics.

Here is what I want to do in the main program 

my $remoteServer = new Host($ip);
...
#I want the following to run concurrently
my @networkinfo = $remoteServer->getNetworkInfo();
my @sysLog = $remoteServer->getSystemLog();
my @scsiInfo = $remoteServer->getScsiInfo();

#So I have kicked all these off, I need to get the
#networkinfo and scsiInfo information back before #continuing.  The sy
+sLog I don't need, its going to be
#grabbed way down the line, possibly at the end of the
#program
...


package Host;

sub getNetworkInfo
{
  ($self) = @_;
   
   my @results = $self->rpc('RPCService::system_call', 'ipconfig /all'
+); 

   return @results;
}

sub getScsiInfo
{
   ($self) = @_;
    my @results = $self->rpc('RPCService::system_call', 'scsinit -a');
    return @results;
}

sub getSystemLog
{
   ($self) = @_;
   my @results = $self->rpc('RPCService::system_call', 'eventlog -a');
   return @results;
}

sub rpc
{
  ($self, $func, $command) = @_;

   my $ip = $self->getIP();

   #start threaded/process code here
   ..??..
   my $port = $self->getPort();
   my $connection = ClarRPC->connect($ip, $port);
   my @resp = $connection->rpc($func, $command);
   $connection->disconnect();
   ..??..
   #end threaded/process code here
}

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Let me know if I need to clear anything up. Thanks!

In reply to Re^8: Forking Clients by gepapa
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