get list of processes triggered from parent script

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I'm invoking a shell script from Perl script using Proc::Background module. shell script will invoke 10 parallel processes. I have PID of the parent process which gets completed after invoking all the parallel processes. How to get process id's of all the child processes that are triggered by parent process. any ideas are appreciated.

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Re: get list of processes triggered from parent script by zentara (Cardinal) on Oct 10, 2012 at 10:45 UTC
`#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Proc::ProcessTable; # ignore the child $SIG{CHLD} = 'IGNORE'; # create 5 child processes for demo purpose. arrange them so they stay # long enough so we can find them later for(1..5){ sleep(10) and exit if(fork == 0); } # list all process running in your machine and find all # child process for my $p (@{new Proc::ProcessTable->table}){ print $p->pid," child of $$\n" if($p->ppid == $$); }` [download] I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply] [d/l]
Re: get list of processes triggered from parent script by CountZero (Bishop) on Oct 10, 2012 at 12:46 UTC
The objects created by Proc::Background have a `pid` method which return the background process' pid. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply] [d/l]