Nishanth Ev schreef: > Dr.Ruud: >> nishanth ev: >>> Dr.Ruud: >>>> nishanth ev:
Man, what a mess you make of your entries. 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; > > It disassociates the process from the controlling > terminal, or the login shell. Second, it removes the > process from the process group that initiated the > program. This ensures that the process is not a > process group leader, which is required for setsid() > to run successfully. And all that in the single line "defined(my $pid = fork);"? That's certainly not what `perldoc -q daemon` says. -- 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>
