in reply to assign variable and shift array

Each child process gets the "frozen" @fileArray, but it is "Copy on write" - which means that any child's attempt (or the parent's attempt) to modify the array creates a local copy.

What you need to do is to pass each child an index to work on.

You will probably also need to pass back completion information to the parent.

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Re^2: assign variable and shift array
by AK7033 (Initiate) on May 06, 2011 at 19:10 UTC
    I'm not sure how to proceed but: I guess it will work something like this: my $file = $fileArray[$i];. So, what will be the best way to update that array once I assign each value? I would think this has to be done inside that loop. Thanks very much for your assistance.
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