nishanth ev schreef: > Dr.Ruud: >> nishanth ev:
Please don't top-post. Please cut the text that you don't react upon, especially sigs and tails. >>> defined(my $pid = fork); >> >> What does that line do? It tests $pid for defined, >> but the return value is not used. >> "or die $!" missing? > > In case you want the die messages also... > [...] > defined(my $pid = fork) or die "Can't fork: $!"; > > setsid or die "Can't start a new > session: $!"; > > Enjoy...!!! I still don't understand what the line >>> defined(my $pid = fork); is supposed to do. What does it do better than just my $pid = fork; -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
