Proc::Forking 

It is an Object Oriented insterface to fork()
It allow to fork a function with change of UID, GID, ROOT
Creation of PID files is possible
It is possible to set a LOAD 1 min. limit to prevent forking if the computer is to busy
It is possible to limit the maximal number of process to launch.
It is possible to put a minimal memory free before forking
It is possible to put an expiration time (automatic or by request)
A daemonize function allow to put the parent  process in daemon mode.


INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install
   
DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

 POSIX
 IO::File
 Cwd
 Sys::Load
 
LICENSE
       Under the GNU GPL2

           This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
           License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
           or (at your option) any later version.

           This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
           without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
           See the GNU General Public License for more details.

           You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
           if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

           Proc::Forking    Copyright (C) 2004 DULAUNOY Fabrice  Proc::Forking comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
           for details See: L<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
           This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;


