I have Perl CGI on a server that runs a local to the server program. I would like to write a separate piece of code that can shut it down.

The first process is a media player (mplayer, to be precise)that is playing sound through my home sound system. Currently I keep the script running in a browser window (on any other computer connected to my network), and can stop the sound by closing that window.

But I also have a cron job that starts the media player in the morning to play a morning news stream. The only way I have to stop that job is to ssh into the maching and do a kill.

I would like to be able to stop this sound from a browser window. I would either like to be able to send a "q" to running mplayer jobs, or run "killall mplayer" and have it shut stuff down.

I would also like to be able to close the sound from a system different than the one that started it.

Any suggestions?

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