On 12/11/07, Raymond Wan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm writing a Mason component which I want it to call another Perl > script and not return from it. That is, say I have component A: > > * call component B > * start Perl script C in background > * call component D > > So, I want component A (and the results of B and D) displayed first > while script C is running. > > Unfortunately, I don't have much experience in doing fork/exec in a > regular Perl script. But, reading the documentation, I thought an "exec > ($cmd)" would do the trick. However, I'm getting this error:
in the webpage: http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/performance.html search "Starting a Long Running External Program" There is a complete example for your case and the surrounding materials are very informative. guess the leftove for you is just porting them to mod_perl2..:) not a Mason problem though.. Xicheng > ----- > Error during compilation > Statement unlikely to be reached <line after the exec ()>. > (Maybe you meant system() when you said exec()?) > ----- > > I found a posting from last year describing this > (http://marc.info/?l=mason&m=114590348207236&w=2) which seems a bit > complicated and I haven't yet fully digested yet. I am just wondering > if what it says is still valid (for Apache2, mod_perl2, etc.). Thanks! > > Ray > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Mason-users mailing list > Mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list Mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users
