#!/usr/bin/perl -w use lib '.'; use strict; use Parallel::ForkManager; my $max_procs = 3; my @names = qw( Fred Jim Lily Steve Jessica Bob ); # hash to resolve PID's back to child specific information my $pm = Parallel::ForkManager->new($max_procs); # Setup a callback for when a child finishes up so we can # get it's exit code $pm->run_on_finish( sub { my ($pid, $exit_code, $ident) = @_; print "** $ident just got out of the pool ". "with PID $pid and exit code: $exit_code\n"; } ); $pm->run_on_start( sub { my ($pid,$ident)=@_; print "** $ident started, pid: $pid\n"; } ); $pm->run_on_wait( sub { print "** Have to wait for one children ...\n" }, 0.5, ); foreach my $child ( 0 .. $#names ) { my $pid = $pm->start($names[$child]) and next; # This code is the child process print "This is $names[$child], Child number $child\n"; sleep ( 2 * $child ); print "$names[$child], Child $child is about to get out...\n"; sleep 1; $pm->finish($child); # pass an exit code to finish } print "Waiting for Children...\n"; $pm->wait_all_children; print "Everybody is out of the pool!\n";