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my $pid=fork();
die "Cannot fork: \n" if (! defined $pid);
if (! $pid) {
# Only the child does this
$sys = system("/usr/bin/firefox localhost:8066 >/dev/null");
if($sys!='0'){
print RED, "Sorry the web page could not be loaded" , RESET;
exit(0);
}
}
when i execute the above snippet of code , the program displays,
print statement and gets hanged m without returning my terminal, help plsssssss
regards,
ice_man
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Try writing a simple Perl script whose only job is to fork. Put a print statement in the child code saying "running the child code", and print also the current pid. Put another print statement in the parent code saying "running the parent code", and print also the current pid.
The pid is stored in special variable [BOLD]$$[/BOLD]
Then run the program. If it does what you expect, then see how it differs from the program which is troubling you. If it doesn't do what you expect, post that tiny program here (the entire tiny program).
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