Spawn child processes - VMS perl 5.6.1

From: Patrick Flaherty (Patrick_member_at_newsguy.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: 30 Mar 2004 21:58:54 -0800

Hi,

I'm going through perlipc etc trying to refresh my memory as to how this
UNIX-style IPC stuff works.

Want to spawn several (say 5) child processes; then sit waiting in the parent;
get signals when they've finished; and if all is OK continue with the code in
the parent.

  However it seems that in VMS perl 5.6.1 I have no fork():

VMSNODE>perl -v

This is perl, v5.6.1 built for VMS_AXP

Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.

VMSNODE>type test2.pl

fork();

VMSNODE>perl test2.pl
The Unsupported function fork function is unimplemented at test2.pl line 2.
%SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort
VMSNODE>

  Is there any way, under these conditions, to get from here to there?

  pat

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