in reply to Detect Stop Button

From reading the rest of the posts it seems like an Apache::StopDetect or like module should be a fairly simple task to code. Does anyone know of a pre-existing module to do this or a non-apache specific mechanism (ie content-length being inconsistent)?

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Re: Re: Detect Stop Button
by hakkr (Chaplain) on Nov 27, 2001 at 15:19 UTC 
    sub StopCheck{
    $| = 1;
    print "\n" or die "STDOUT gone away";
}

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    Problem solved I call this subroutine with each iteration of my programs main control loop. The die is redundant in Apache/UNIX as it dies when you print anyway. Works when the user presses stop or navigates away from the page. As it's per filehandle I don't think you have to turn buffering back on.

    Also has the added benefit of keeping the connection alive

    Thanks for all your help.
    Update: Zuqif suggested I adapt this sub to create a progress bar in the browser. Some magic todo with browser refreshing I think is required
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