The best solution would be to rewrite the Perl socket server script to run as a daemon process; that is, as a program that runs continuously for the purpose of handling periodic service requests.

True to the spirit of there being more than one way to do it, there a number of ways by which a Perl script can detach from its controlling process and act as a daemon process. One of the easiest methods is through the use of the Proc::Daemon module from CPAN - For example:

use Proc::Daemon;

Proc::Daemon::Init;

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#   The rest of the script follows

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This code will fork a child and exit the parent process, detaches from the controlling terminal, forks a second process and detaches the parent process (preventing the potential of acquiring a controlling terminal), changes to the root directory, clears the file creation mask and closes all open file descriptors - This procedure is the same as that described by W. Richard Stevens in Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment.

 

perl -e 'print+unpack("N",pack("B32","00000000000000000000000111011011")),"\n"'

In reply to Re: How do I run an Infinite loop with a CGI? by rob_au
in thread How do I run an Infinite loop with a CGI? by Anonymous Monk

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