Here's hoping this bump will get some responses...

jimt, I have the exact same problem as you describe, using:
Windows XP SP2 [Version 5.1.2600]

perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread with 25 registered pat
+ches
Binary build 817 [257965] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSta
+te.com
Built Mar 20 2006 17:54:25

[download]
- the script starts to run, creating data.
- after some amount of time, the script pauses in execution. The process is still listed under the process tab, but its processor time counter is not increasing.
- 20 hours later, I hit control-c and get a printed status update on the console (from 7 hours after execution started) and the script starts creating data again.

The script is doing a lot of file I/O on local storage, but no DBI calls. My boss says he's had this happen with ActiveState before, too, in a script that was doing both a bunch of DBI work and file I/O.

Did you ever find a cause/solution to this problem? Any help would be appreciated in getting my actual processing time as close to my estimate of four days as possible. :)

Cheers!

---Chaos, fear and disorder. My work here is done.

In reply to Re: control-C to "jumpstart" windows process by Shikko
in thread control-C to "jumpstart" windows process by jimt

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