----- Original Message ----- From: Radhika Sambamurti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 11, 2004 9:52 am Subject: trying to create a daemon
> Hi all, > I am a relative newbie and I need to write a small web server load > tester. > I know there are many tools out there, but I would like to write a > simplescript that can login to a webserver, connect to port > (whatever port > number i give it) and do a 'wget https://blah.blah.com :9091". > > While the first part is quite easy, ie writing a perl script to do > a wget > from the server, creating this as a daemon, running many processes > simultaneously ie. I would like to run 200 to 300 processes, as each > process would act like a session, stressing the webserver. > > The hard part is having the original perl script fork out > processes. I've > been reading up on fork and signals. does anybody have some > suggestions on > how i can do this? A good module would be Parallel-ForkManager. It can manage alot off basic IPC for you. > > Thx, > Radhika > > > > -- > It's all a matter of perspective. You can choose your view by choosing > where to stand. > Larry Wall > --- > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
