Well, the only non-polling way I can think of is for the server to call the client. Which is kinda backwards, isn't it?

I don't like polling in general either, but one has to have a sense of proportion. A process that polls once per second for, say 10 seconds (doing sleep 1 each time), is going to create much less engine load than a process that polls in a tight, milisecond loop.

But you don't need a tight loop - if the server runs for an extra second before the first client starts, nothing bad will happen.

On the other hand if you insist on creating a complicated solution just to avoid polling, you will needlessly complicate the server and spend much, much more of your time than you will save with the automated startup script.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Backgrounding (daemonizing?) a Net::server by matija
in thread Backgrounding (daemonizing?) a Net::server by PetaMem

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