Ahmed Moustafa wrote: > So, how can a new different process by forked? Or, how a function be > called and the next step execute without waiting for the previous > function to terminate?
For your original question (threads) see perldoc perlthrtut. When you fork a child process the call to fork returns the child pid to the parent and 0 to the child. So you can write code that tests the return value and does one thing in the parent process (continue forking children to deal with the rest of your files) and another in the child process (process the current file). You can also use exec to execute another process which is not a "clone" of the parent. See perldoc -f fork and perldoc -f exec. Out of curiosity, why do you want to do this? Tagore Smith -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
