> 1. Save the PID of the child process. I'm sure there's a way to do
> this...
>
The fork function returns the PID of the child process to the parent
process, or 0 to the child process.
> >Whats the best way in perl to run an external command and if while
executing
> >the command I hit ctrl + c it will just cancle the external command and
contin
> >ue on with the script instead of bailing out of everything?
>
>
> Well, that's kind of tough. You probably want a system command to exec an
> external command, but in order to deal with ctrl+c, you'll have to trap
the
> key sequence yourself, and deal with it elsewhere in your code.
Forking is kinda rough to deal with in Perl - with the system function,
however, the ctrl-c will be interpreted by the child first, thus exiting
the child process and sending you back to the parent. (I think, haven't
tested).
-Jamie Blondin
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