my $pid = -999;
   while ($pid < 0 ) {
	# childLocalF is something like C:\temp\81.bat
	my $runMeLine = $childLocalF . ' ' . $runMeArgC;
	$runMeLine = $runMeLine . ' ' . id();
	$runMeLine = $runMeLine . ' '  . '>C:\Temp\81.out 2>C:\Temp\81.err';
	print "runMeLine = $runMeLine\n";
			
	$pid = system( 1, $runMeLine );
			
	print "XXX child PID = $pid\n";
	if( $pid < 0 ) {
	#something went wrong with the system command.
		print "ERROR: System call failed\n";
		print "ERROR: return value from system was $pid\n";
		print "ERROR: runMeLine = $runMeLine\n";
		$countSystemCallFailed++;
		if( $countSystemCallFailed > $cfg->{'maxSystemCallFailed'} ) {
			die "System call failed $countSystemCallFailed times\n";
		}
	print "Sleeping 5 and will try again\n";
	sleep( 5 );
	}
}