Re^2: how can we tell when a background process is finished?

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Thanks...do you know where I can find an example of this? I understand how to fork and then do system("program") in the child, but I'm not sure how to handle the "signal handler" for SIGCHLD. I think I will have to use waitpid()?

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Re^3: how can we tell when a background process is finished? by DaWolf (Curate) on Jun 20, 2004 at 14:29 UTC
Take a look at perlmonkey's MP3 server with IO::Socket tutorial. It explains in the fifth paragraph exactly what you're asking about processes. Best regards, my ($author_nickname, $author_email) = ("DaWolf","erabbott\@terra.com.br") if ($author_name eq "Er Galvão Abbott");	[reply]

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