#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my ( $pid, $pid2 ); $| = 1; if ( ( $pid = fork() ) && ( $pid2 = fork() ) ) { print( "I have to wait for my kids.\n" ); my $straggler = wait(); print( "Finally $straggler finished, now I can go.\n" ); } elsif ( $pid && defined( $pid2 ) ) { print( "Kid 2: So is mine...\n" ); exit(); } elsif ( defined( $pid ) ) { print( "Kid 1: My parent is patient...\n" ); } else { die( "Forking problems: " ); }