>> Hint: disable perl's print buffering with $|=1; before you fork().
I did this and it worked, Thanks, Appreciated very much, -Pratibha "Johannes Franken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > * news reader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-03-15 21:36 +0100]: > > I have a perl script which is working as TCP socket server. [...] > > if (($processarray[$testNo] = fork()) == 0) { > > [...] > > The problem that i am facing is : the same line is printed more than once > > When you fork(), the child inherits its parent's unflushed output buffers. > When it dies or feels like flushing, it flushes them. > So does the parent process, and that's why you get duplicate output. > > Hint: disable perl's print buffering with $|=1; before you fork(). > > For more help on this, have a look at "perldoc -f fork" or "man perlipc" > > -- > Johannes Franken > > Professional unix/network development > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.jfranken.de/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
