How to use threads?

[veg_all]

Once a day my perl cgi script tars and zips up the customer data and
ftps it to a backup server. The script takes around 10 seconds to do
this but normally runs in less than a second. Is there a way I can use
threads to do the tarring and ftping parallel with the main script
execution?

I read perlthrtut but my perl installation does not seem to support the
functionality in it. Is there any workaround besides upgrading the perl
installation?

 

[pyh]

Hello,

You don't need threads here.Just fork the childs and call the 'exec' to do
the additional works in your CGI answers.