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On 05/30, A. Rivera said something like:
> 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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