sub fred {

    my ($t, $u, $v, $w, $x, $y) = @_;
    
    somelogger(5, "fred", "start of fred");
    
    my $ok = 1;
    $ok = method1($t) if $ok;
    $ok = method2($u) if $ok;
    my $pid = open my $ph, "/somewhere/program $v |";
    my $output = '';
    $ok = method3(<$ph>, \$output) if $ok;
    close $ph;
    waitpid $ph,0;

    if ($ok) {
        somelogger(5, "fred", "fred completed successfully");
        }
    else {
        somelogger(5, "fred", "error during fred");
        }
    
    return $ok;
 
    }