Re^7: Perl Daemons and SIGHUP

You don't know your process has "vanished" since you have not ascertained it even started. Check your exec call as per the examples in perldoc -f exec. Put some code after the exec which should not be reached if the exec works. If this does not help you trace it with something like strace.

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Re^8: Perl Daemons and SIGHUP by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 24, 2010 at 17:31 UTC
You don't know your process has "vanished" since you have not ascertained it even started. You seem to think `exec` creates a new process when it doesn't. It replaces the program being executed by the current process.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^9: Perl Daemons and SIGHUP by mje (Curate) on Feb 25, 2010 at 10:12 UTC
You are correct of course and I am aware of that. What I meant to emphasize is that the OP has not checked the exec worked.	[reply]
Re^8: Perl Daemons and SIGHUP by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 24, 2010 at 17:32 UTC
You don't know your process has "vanished" since you have not ascertained it even started. You seem to think `exec` creates a new process when it doesn't. It replaces the program being executed by the current process.	[reply] [d/l]