[Pdx-pm] forking
Randal L. Schwartz
merlyn at stonehenge.com
Thu Jan 25 10:36:26 PST 2007
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Rasmussen <mikeraz at patch.com> writes:
Michael> I believe this is called a fork bomb.
I've learned to always type "die" at the end of the child branch
from the moment I type the fork. I won't say how I've learned. :)
defined(my $kid = fork) or die "Cannot fork: $!";
unless ($kid) { # kid does
...
die "should not reach here"; # this gets added first..
}
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