make it more portable this way:
use File::Spec;
my $devnul = File::Spec->devnull();
print $reply_to_user;
die "cannot fork: $!" unless defined ( my $pid = fork() );
if ( $pid ) { #this is the parent.
exit;
} else { #this is the child
open STDOUT, ">$devnul" or die "Can't write to nowhere: $!";
open STDERR, ">$devnul" or die "Can't write to nowhere: $!";
sleep( 10 );
#do stuff
}
This is a suggestion I have not tried, but BTW on WinNT the string value in $devnul is 'nul'.
Good Meditations,
soren andersen (Intrepid)
Q: What is the sound of several hundred Perler-dogs chasing cool code?
A: YAPC - YAPC - YAPC .. ! :)
