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Re: getting a child's process IDby blackmateria (Chaplain) |
| on Oct 19, 2001 at 19:16 UTC ( [id://120022]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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If you're on *nix, fork() returns the child's pid to the parent, and 0 to the child. This works on Cygwin's Win32 port as well (not sure about ActivePerl).
Update: Looks like it works on ActivePerl, too (at least build 613+).
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