Proc::Fork version 0.05 ================= DESCRIPTION Proc::Fork provides a simple interface to the fork() system call. child { # child code goes here. } parent { my $child_pid = shift; # parent code goes here. waitpid $child, 0; } error { # Error-handling code goes here (if fork() fails). }; If the error block is omitted, it defaults to causing the program to die. If the parent or child block is omitted, control in the parent or child process (respectively) passes to the code following the block. INSTALLATION To install this module, do the standard Perl module four-step: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEVELOPMENT STATE This is beta software, hence the 0.x version number. The author has done performed various tests; however, it hasn't been used (to my knowledge) in any heavy-duty production systems. So be careful out there. If you do put this module through its paces, I'd appreciate it if you'd drop me a line and let me know how it did. DEPENDENCIES None. Well, Carp.pm, but that comes with Perl. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Eric J. Roode, eric@myxa.com Copyright (c) 2002 by Eric J. Roode. All Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. If you have suggestions for improvement, please drop me a line. If you make improvements to this software, I ask that you please send me a copy of your changes. Thanks.