#!/usr/bin/perl use Proc::Daemon qw( ); use File::Basename qw( dirname ); use File::Spec::Functions qw( rel2abs ); my $homedir; BEGIN { $homedir = dirname(rel2abs($0)); } { Proc::Daemon::Init; chdir($homedir); open STDERR, '>', 'stderr.txt'; system(q{perl -e'print STDERR "mwuhahahaha\n"'}); }