You would do something like
foreach $value(@ARGV)
{
fork()
}
Regards,
Agustin Rivera
Webmaster, Pollstar.com / PollstarOnline.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ho, Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:09 AM
Subject: Launching Perl Code in Parallel
> Hi Guys
> I was wondering if you could help me.
>
> I have a perl program, get_ice_cream_descriptions.pl, that accepts 2
> arguments
>
> For example,
>
> get_ice_cream_descriptions.pl 1 10
>
> However, I would like to get ice cream descriptions for other ranges at
the
> same time, such as 11 - 20, 21 - 30, 31 - 40, 41 - 50 etc
>
> I could write an external file that contains the following :
>
> get_ice_cream_descriptions.pl 1 10 &
> get_ice_cream_descriptions.pl 11 20 &
> get_ice_cream_descriptions.pl 21 30 &
> get_ice_cream_descriptions.pl 31 40 &
> get_ice_cream_descriptions.pl 41 50 &
>
> This way I could execute the perl code in parallel and eventually get the
> descriptions.
>
> Instead of using the above method, I would prefer to write some code in
> get_ice_cream_descriptions.pl accept different number ranges and launch
> itself.
> I have been looking at the fork() command.
> I believe fork() only creates a copy of the original process but I wasn't
> quite sure how I could pass the different number ranges into the perl code
> before it forks itself.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> Many Thanks
> Tony
>
>
>
>
>
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