This got me to thinking....
Setup a POE::Wheel::Followtail for each? file you want to tail.? No need to
spawn off other processes.
If you DO need separate processes, from the main process run a POE::Wheel::Run
and start another kernel on that process.? Setup a Followtail wheel for the
input and handle the output back to the Main code via STDOUT and the Run object.
I tend to use fork sparingly and if you need to do alot of things
simultaneously, you should probably handle those in POE first.
HTH,
Dougie!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Landrum <robert.land...@corp.aol.com>
To: Deven Parekh <parekh.de...@gmail.com>
Cc: poe@perl.org
Sent: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 6:51 pm
Subject: Re: POE and perl fork interaction
It's not clear what you're trying to do, but I suspect that you're doing
it wrong. :(?
?
Is there a reason why you don't use POE::Wheel::Run to tail the files??
?
There's also:?
?
http://search.cpan.org/~rcaputo/POE-1.003/lib/POE/Wheel/FollowTail.pm?
?
I suspect that your forked tail process may have events queued from the
parent, as outlined in POE::Wheel::Run section on Nested POE Kernels.?
?
Good luck.?
?
Rob?
?
Deven Parekh wrote:?
> Hello,?
>?
> Is it possible to use POE and the fork function in the same script.?
> I am running into an interaction problem where the POE::Kernel does not?
> return if i have forked off other process outside of the POE. Any input on?
> what I may be doing wrong?
>?
> Here is the psuedo code logic of my script?
>?
> #--- Call a function to fork off a process to start tailing some files?
> #--- store its the above pids so we can terminate later?
>?
> #--- Call POE::Wheel::Run to do some task?
>?
> #--- After the above POE task returns kill the tailing process?
>?
>?
> If i do not do the forking for tailing files, the POE::Kernel returns after?
> the?
> task is completed, but if I fork of the tailing process as above,?
> the POE::Kernel never returns.?
>?
> Any input will be appreciated.?
>?
> Thanks in advance.?
>?
> BR?
> DP?
> p.s: I thought i had read about this interaction somewhere in documentation?
> but am not?
> able toget to it to follow discussion around it, if any.?
>?
> ?
