On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:23:16 -0500, Errin Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi perl-people,
<<SNIP>> > So, my question is, how do I implement this code WITHOUT the parent > process dieing? > > --Errin > I found that (at least on the Solaris OS that I'm working on) that the setsid function will setup a new session UNLESS: " The calling process is already a process group leader, or the process group ID of a process other than the calling process matches the process ID of the calling process. " So, I think that's saying that as long as the process (the child) does not have any children of it's own, then I'll be ok with the above code! Is that what the blurb above is saying? (Why are UNIX docs always so darn hard to read!!?) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>