#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;

sub executeStream($);

$SIG{CHLD} = 'IGNORE';

# The glob below will work but the message detailed in my original post will occur.

my @fileList = glob("/mypath/*.log");

foreach my $logfile (@fileList)
{
    print "Got logfile $logfile\n";
}

executeStream(1);

sub executeStream($)
{
    my $childProcess;

    unless (defined($childProcess = fork()))
    {
        die "Could not fork new child process.";
    }

    unless($childProcess)
    {
        # Child process so lets exec the loader.

        exec("myprog " .  $_[0])
            or die "Could not exec FeedLoader.pl";
    }
}