Re: variables gets shared to child but resets back after exiting fork

2009-05-27 Thread Michael Alipio
s. Another problem solved!!! Till next time! --- On Wed, 5/27/09, Chas. Owens wrote: > From: Chas. Owens > Subject: Re: variables gets shared to child but resets back after exiting fork > To: "Michael Alipio" > Cc: "begginers perl.org" > Date: Wedn

Re: variables gets shared to child but resets back after exiting fork

2009-05-27 Thread Chas. Owens
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 07:24, Michael Alipio wrote: > > Sorry about the indention... must be the mail client i'm using. > I need to fork because the external program I want to run inside the child > runs infinitely. I want to have a timer running in the parent and after that, > kill the child.

Re: variables gets shared to child but resets back after exiting fork

2009-05-27 Thread Michael Alipio
;m reading the perlipc now.. nothing so far.. --- On Wed, 5/27/09, Chas. Owens wrote: > From: Chas. Owens > Subject: Re: variables gets shared to child but resets back after exiting fork > To: "Michael Alipio" > Cc: "begginers perl.org" > Date: Wednesday, May 2

Re: variables gets shared to child but resets back after exiting fork

2009-05-27 Thread Chas. Owens
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 05:42, Michael Alipio wrote: > > Hi, > > I have to run an external program but the program does not termination on > some conditions, e.g, ping, will not exit unless you specify -c or some other > circumstances. > > > Now I what I want to do is: > > my @array; > die "Cann

variables gets shared to child but resets back after exiting fork

2009-05-27 Thread Michael Alipio
Hi, I have to run an external program but the program does not termination on some conditions, e.g, ping, will not exit unless you specify -c or some other circumstances. Now I what I want to do is: my @array; die "Cannot fork myprog" unless (defined my $pid = fork) if ($pid==0){ open MYPROG