Parallel::Fork Manger;want to parse the output of fork processes to excel using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

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Hi I am using the parallel fork manager module to start 4 processes in parallel.I want the output of those 4 processes for doing some operations like writing into a excel/text file. I assigned the output to variables but i am unable to acess those variables after pm->finish command(out side the for loop). please explain me the simple way to retreive data from child processes so that i can acess those output even after the child process exits. I have gone through that cpan module but didnt get exactly what to do

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Re: Parallel::Fork Manger;want to parse the output of fork processes to excel using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel by jethro (Monsignor) on Nov 07, 2011 at 09:55 UTC
1) Store the data into files 2) Use a pipe 3) Search CPAN for the string IPC and use a fitting module from that list. IPC means InterProcess Communication, which is what you want	[reply]
Re: Parallel::Fork Manger;want to parse the output of fork processes to excel using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel by Anonymous Monk on Nov 07, 2011 at 09:27 UTC
What have you tried? Show your code.	[reply]