p5-Proc-Background-1.32

This is the Proc::Background package. It provides a generic interface to running background processes. Through this interface, users can run background processes on different operating systems without concerning themselves about the specifics of doing this. Users of this package create new Proc::Background objects that provide an object oriented interface to process management. The following methods are provided to users of the Proc::Background package: new: start a new background process. alive: test to see if the process is still alive. die: reliably try to kill the process. wait: wait for the process to exit and return the exit status. start_time: return the time that the process started. end_time: return the time when the exit status was retrieved.