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Hi,
I am trying to use POE::Wheel::Run to start and stop another perl process (loop.pl). I want to be able to kill this process from my main POE program (test.pl). But it seems like the kill() method of POE::Wheel::Run doesn't stop the process started. The parent process terminates but the child process continues to run as a detached process. I tried the same on Linux FC5 and it seems to run as expected (kills the child process fine). Also, I tried with POE::Wheel::Run::Win32 which didn't help either. I would really appreciate any help at this time.

OS: Windows XP SP2
Active Perl version : v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread Build 822
POE package installed version : POE-1.0001

Here is my sample code:

loop.pl:
########
while (1) {sleep 1;}

test.pl:
########
use strict;
use warnings;

use POE qw(Wheel::Run Filter::Reference);

POE::Session->create(inline_states => {
_start => \&start,
stop => \&stop,
}
);
$poe_kernel->run;

sub start {
my ($heap, $session, $kernel) = @_[HEAP, SESSION, KERNEL];
print "Starting child\n";
$heap->{task} = POE::Wheel::Run->new(
Program => 'perl loop.pl',
StdoutFilter => POE::Filter::Reference->new(),
StdoutEvent => "handle_task_result",
StderrEvent => "handle_task_debug",
CloseEvent => "handle_task_done",
);
$kernel->delay(stop => 10);
}

sub stop {
my ($heap, $kernel) = @_[HEAP, KERNEL];
print "Stopping child\n";
$heap->{task}->kill(9); ### kill the child process
delete $heap->{task};
}

sub handle_task_result {
my $result = $_[ARG0];
print "Result for $result->{task}: $result->{status}\n";
}

sub handle_task_debug {
my $result = $_[ARG0];
print "Debug: $result\n";
}

sub handle_task_done {
my ( $kernel, $heap, $task_id ) = @_[ KERNEL, HEAP, ARG0 ];
delete $heap->{task}->{$task_id};
}