Chris Masters wrote:
Hi All,
Since upgrading to the latest MIMEDefang today I have bad file descriptor errors - I assume this is an embedded perl scope issue.
So, I currently do the following:
1) I do *not* use filer_initialise 2) The file descriptor are global and are declared *outside* of any function. 3) valid connections are made using a 'connection test function' within functions called within the 3 main filter functions. 4) file descriptors are closed in filter_cleanup
I take it that I shouldn't be doing 2?
Can/Should I declare *slave* globals in filter_initialise?
Thanks for your help,
Chris
Chris,
The documentation for mimedefang-filter specifically states that if you're using Embedded Perl, you *MUST* use filter_initialize to initilize variables (such as file descriptors) that need to be seen across slaves.
with embedded perl, the (outside of any subroutine) global variables are only initialized once on initial startup, and not on a per-slave basis.
check the mimedefang-filter man pages for more specific information.
hope this helps.
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