Looking at your pseudocode, perhaps Forks::Super is something you could use here: 
sub OnTaskEnd {
    my ($forksuperjob, $jobid) = @_;
    if (ref($forksuperjob) ne 'Forks::Super::Job') {
        die("OnTaskEnd called with argument of type [" . ref($forksupe
+rjob) . "] instead of expected Forks::Super::Job");
    }
    print("TaskEnd: JobID [$jobid] Job pid [" . $forksuperjob->{real_p
+id} . "] starttime [" . int($forksuperjob->{start}) . "] name [" . $f
+orksuperjob->{name} . "] status [" . $forksuperjob->{status} . "]\n")
+;
    # Do other stuff here, like starting new jobs to process files
    $forksuperjob->dispose;
}

foreach my $val1 (@array1) {
    my $forkresult = Forks::Super::fork {
        dir => 'dir_here',
        cmd => 'your_command_here.pl',
        name => 'unique_name_of_task',
        callback => {
            start => \&OnTaskStart,
            finish => \&OnTaskEnd
        },
    };
}
print("Waiting for child jobs to finish\n");
my $jobs_waited = waitall();
print("[$jobs_waited] jobs were scheduled/running and have now finishe
+d\n");

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Alternatively, instead of executing external programs with the cmd-option, you could use sub to fork subroutines instead.

In reply to Re: Help with multiple forks by Neighbour
in thread Help with multiple forks by Anonymous Monk

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