From: "Wiggins d'Anconia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think the note above is for the special case when the parent still has > work to do but doesn't want to have to wait on the children, which is > subtly different than what you actually asked, aka can the parent close. > Assuming you really do want to close the parent then you should be able > to, though you may want to take a look at the source of, > > Proc::Daemon::Init() > > Before coding this yourself, it is a handy tool. >
Thank you. I will try it or at least I will try to see how it works, because I have tested it under Windows, and I couldn't install it due to the following error: t\01filecreate....POSIX::setsid not implemented on this architecture I hope I will be able to create a portable program for Unix and Windows. Teddy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>