chdir '/'                 or die "Can't chdir to /: $!";
   open STDIN, '/dev/null'   or die "Can't read /dev/null: $!";
   open STDOUT, '>>/tmp/awsd' or die "Can't write to /tmp/awsd: $!";
   open STDERR, '>>/tmp/awsd' or die "Can't write to /tmp/awsd: $!";
   defined(my $pid = fork)   or die "Can't fork: $!";
#   exit if $pid;
   if ($pid)
   {
      print "stuff that is relevant to the process is output to screen"
      exit
   }
   setsid                    or die "Can't start a new session: $!";
   umask 0;