On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Eric Veith1 <eric.ve...@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> "raphael()" <raphael.j...@gmail.com> wrote on 05/10/2010 04:07:58 PM: > > I want to do work on all elements of an array simultaneously. > > To clarify: You want to access an hash defined in the parent process from > all N child processes? > > I'm sorry to tell you, but this won't work so easily. When forking, data is > *copied*. Which means that every child process gets a copy of all the > parent's variables, but whenever you modify them, the modification has only > an effect within the child process, because it's just a copy. > > There's a whole bag full of inter process communication (IPC) algorithms, > ranging from files over sockets to posix message queues. You might to have > a look at "perldoc perlipc" and the whole lot of IPC modules on cpan. > > HTH. > > Eric > > -- > Eric MSP Veith <eric.ve...@de.ibm.com> > Hechtsheimer Str. 2 > DE-55131 Mainz > Germany > > IBM Deutschland GmbH > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Erich Clementi > Geschäftsführung: Martin Jetter (Vorsitzender), Reinhard Reschke, Christoph > Grandpierre, Matthias Hartmann, Michael Diemer, Martina Koederitz > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Stuttgart > Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 14562 > WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 99369940 > > Hi Eric. I knew I wouldn't get to eat the cake so easily. Let see what other have to say on this. *Thanks* for your reply. PS - perldoc perlipc seems complicated :(
