Re: How would you use perl debugging tools to pinpoint the problem here?

With a bit of proactive work you don't have to worry about crashing your computer.

use BSD::Resource;
my $limit = 100*1024*1024; # 100 MB
setrlimit(RLIMIT_AS, $limit, $limit);
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If you're using Apache, you can do this by making sure that the setrlimit utility is in your PATH, and setting the environment variable APACHE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MB to whatever you want before starting Apache.

This doesn't stop you from having to debug the problem, but this makes the bug be less of a development problem for you.

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Re^2: How would you use perl debugging tools to pinpoint the problem here? by blazar (Canon) on Nov 10, 2005 at 16:38 UTC
`my $limit = 10010241024; # 100 MB` [download] Also, `my $limit = 100<<20; # 100 MB` [download] which I find to be better readable, but as usual YMMV.	[reply] [d/l] [select]