On Saturday 05 January 2008, Doran L. Barton wrote: > Your idea of modifying the configuration file and sending a signal to the > main program to re-read its configuration is the first idea I had as I was > reading your message. I wonder how much trouble it would be to simply add a > periodic check in the main program to monitor the configuration file for > changes. Without knowing the nature of the program, I can't really offer > any advice on whether that would be a good approach or not but it might be > something to consider.
I would recommend requiring a signal. You don't want the program to pick up partial changes that might occur if you're messing around with the file by hand... Besides, polling is evil ;) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
