1 Parallel::Forker ****************** This is the Parallel::Forker Package. 1.1 Copyright ============= This package is Copyright 2002-2009 by Wilson Snyder . This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0. This code is provided with no warranty of any kind, and is used entirely at your own risk. 1.2 Summary =========== Parallel::Forker manages parallel processes that are either subroutines or system commands. Forker supports most of the features in all the other little packages out there, with the addition of being able to specify complicated expressions to determine which processes run after others, or run when others fail. 1.3 Description =============== See the Parallel::Forker manpage for a detailed description of this package. 1.4 Obtaining Distribution ========================== The latest version is available at `http://www.perl.org/CPAN/', and from `http://www.veripool.org/'. 1.5 Supported Systems ===================== This version of Parallel::Forker has been built and tested on: * i386-linux It should run on any system with Perl. It may be easily modified to support other compilers. 1.6 Installation ================ 1. `cd' to the directory containing this README notice. 2. Type `perl Makefile.PL' to configure the package for your system. 3. Type `make' to compile. 4. Type `make test' to check the compilation. 5. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and documentation. 6. See the `man Parallel::Forker' manpage for usage information.