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The perl scripts are launched from within another application that supports Perl scripting so the moment I start using exec the interaction with that application is lost also. I only want to kill the Perl script.

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Re: Re: Re: How to reduce memory by killing redundant perl executables
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jul 13, 2001 at 18:32 UTC
    Now, I'm thoroughly confused as to your setup and what you want to do with it. What exactly is this "other application"? Why is it launching perl scripts? Why is memory such an issue?