#!/opt/perl/bin/perl use 5.012; use warnings; say "A start"; my $pid; unless ( $pid = fork ) { die "cannot fork: $!" unless defined $pid; system("./b.pl"); sleep 30; exit; } sleep 2; say "A sending kill HUP -$$"; { local $SIG{HUP} = 'IGNORE'; kill HUP => -$$; } say "A waiting for lost children"; while (1) { my $kid = waitpid -1, 0; $kid == -1 and last; say "A reaped child $kid"; } say "A end";