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Re^3: CGI scripts - Big problem for me
by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Aug 31, 2007 at 15:14 UTC
    The trick, such as it is, is that you have a separate process doing the copying and recording its progress somewhere. status.cgi would then just read this progress information and report on the status of the operation rather than doing any actual work itself.
Re^3: CGI scripts - Big problem for me
by spadacciniweb (Curate) on Aug 31, 2007 at 15:05 UTC
    You would have to read fork and fork with examples

    (($_="Mzz ojjdloobnf jt uvy5502383")=~y~b-zg2-5c96-81~a-z0-9~s)=~s~~~s; print