I'm sure I'm missing something simple here, so bare with me. I realize that
POE is a multitasking environment, and I realize that this is part of the
beauty of it, but I can't seem to figure out the best way to utilize this.
Basically, I have a wrapper(sort of) for POE::Component::IRC. The program has
a configuration file, using Config::General. The constructor for my wrapper
module handles all the needed options, like the server name, port, nick, etc.
Now, what I need to do is make a connection for each server listed in the
config file. Sounds simple enough, right? I worked out a way to do it using a
loop and fork, but I'm already daemonizing the process, so that makes things
seem a bit wonky to me. I was hoping to do it in a more POE'ish way. The
problem is figuring out how to do it. My code is a bit jacked up right now,
since I've been trying to make this work, but I'll give you a basic idea:
~code~
my $conf = Config::General->new("servers.conf");
my %config = $conf->getall();
foreach (keys %{$config{server}}) {
# Where I was using fork(), didn't seem right.
# my $pid;
# if (!($pid = fork)) {
my $bot = Bot->new(
Debug => 0,
Nick => $config{'server'}{$_}{'nick'},
Server => $_,
Pass => $config{'server'}{$_}{'pass'},
Port => $config{'server'}{$_}{'port'},
Username => $config{'server'}{$_}{'username'},
Ircname => $config{'server'}{$_}{'ircname'},
Admin => 'admin',
Apass => 'changeme',
Channels => $config{'server'}{$_}{'channel'},
LogPath => $config{'server'}{$_}{'logpath'},
);
$bot->run(); # Actuall calls POE::Session->create()
$bot->daemon(); # Daemonize
#}
}
~/code~
Here's the config file:
~code~
<server irc.newirc1.org>
nick poeB
pass
port 6667
username poeB
ircname poeB
channel \#test
logpath /home/mydir/irc1log/
</server>
<server irc.newirc2.org>
nick poeB
pass
port 6667
username poeB
ircname poeB
channel \#test
logpath /home/mydir/irc2log/
</server>
~/code~
Once again, I'm sure I've overlooked something simple. If so, break it to me
easily =).
Thanks,
Ben
