> Hi all,
>
> Please tell me how could I fork more child processes.
> I want to fork let's say 10 child processes.
>
> I know that I can do something like the following, but I am wondering if
> there is a clearer method:
>
> if (my $pid = fork) {
> #parent
>
> if(my $pid2 = fork) {
> #parent 2
>
> if (my $pid3 = fork) {
> #parent3
> }
> elsif(defined $pid3) {
> #child3
> }
> }
> elsif(defined $pid2) {
> #child2
> }
> }
> elsif(defined $pid) {
> #child1
> }
>
> But this method is very confusing if I want to fork more child processes,
> and I want to let the user choose how many processes wants.
>
> Thank you.
>
How about a loop? Storing the PIDs to an array/hash? Are you really
forking processes from a CGI script?
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