fork() and returning hash / strings to the parent

Hi all, I have some subroutines that return information. Since the each subroutine takes a snapshot of data on networked servers that should be compared, I want the subroutines to execute in the shortest time possible - I'd like to get all the subroutines running at the same time. I thought of

fork() and returning hash / strings to the parent - take2

// Apologies for the wonderful Oulook formatting in the last email. I'm posting again so everyone can read it. Hi all, I have some subroutines that return information. Since the each subroutine takes a snapshot of data on networked servers that should be compared, I want the subroutines to

Re: fork() and returning hash / strings to the parent

zentara wrote: On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:32:07 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tielman Koekemoer \) wrote: I have some subroutines that return information. Since the each subroutine takes a snapshot of data on networked servers that should be compared, I want the subroutines to execute in the shortest