(I couldn't come up with a better thread title...)
Hi,
I run a script using Perl and FastCGI (main.fcgi) . This script includes another scipt that holds settings (variables)for the main script (settings.pl).

There also is a third script, an administration program that alters settings in settings.pl.

If main.fcgi hadn't been a fcgi-script, the altered settings in settings.pl had been used immediately. But, as it is now I have to restart Apache for the changes to take effect.

Is there a way to get around this? I.e. can i include settings.pl in main.fcgi in a way that makes the changes take effect immediately?

I know that I can inlude in the 
while ($query = new CGI::Fast)
{
require("settings.pl");
}

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, but it (also) has to be included before this, since it holds settings that is to be used before this code piece is executed.

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