Hello Randy5235, Friday, November 30, 2001, Randy5235 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
R> Pretty new to Perl still so forgive me a bit please. I have searched the web R> (google is my friend) and searched the groups and found multiple things R> concerning fork. here is the problem I can't find a page that has the basic R> syntax for using it. I am writing a small bbs system. I need to be able to R> do several things at the same time eg. check your password while everyone R> else is chatting. If I understand this correctly if I fork the process then R> it will run at the same time as the original process and everyone will be R> able to do their thing?? is this correct? Sorry for the newbie question. you can read perldoc -f fork man fork but, i'm afraid, fork is very difficult for beginner. there is no basic syntax, just $pid=fork(). Best wishes, Maxim mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
