[Spread-users] pid and process control

[Dave Koberstein]

Just a thought ... if you are using & in your perl/system call, try 
instead using fork/exec.

You'll get the pid that way, also.

> It's not a Perl problem. Try the following:
>
>   ] spread &
>   ] spread & # this should fail
>   ] echo $?
>
In the case of the shell commands I believe you are getting the return 
of &.  Try the same with /bin/false.

Doesn't mean the problem isn't real, though.  :)