Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-12 Thread Perrin Harkins
on 5/12/01 5:46 PM, Morbus Iff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I store a .stor file which is a storable dump of my XML tree. I check the >> mtime of that against the mtime of the .xml file. Whichever is newer I >> load that. Works fast and is very simple. > > I'll certainly check it out. The only

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-12 Thread Matt Sergeant
On Sat, 12 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > >I store a .stor file which is a storable dump of my XML tree. I check the > >mtime of that against the mtime of the .xml file. Whichever is newer I > >load that. Works fast and is very simple. > > I'll certainly check it out. I also started looking into

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-12 Thread Morbus Iff
>> I'm relatively new to mod_perl... I've got a 700k file that is loaded each >> time I run a CGI script, so I'm hoping to cache the file using mod_perl >> somehow. The file will change occasionally (maybe once a week) - the reload >> of a few seconds isn't worrisome, but it has to be done without

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-11 Thread Matt Sergeant
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > Hey there, wondering if anyone could help me with this. > > I'm relatively new to mod_perl... I've got a 700k file that is loaded each > time I run a CGI script, so I'm hoping to cache the file using mod_perl > somehow. The file will change occasionally

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-10 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > I'm relatively new to mod_perl... I've got a 700k file that is loaded each > time I run a CGI script, so I'm hoping to cache the file using mod_perl > somehow. The file will change occasionally (maybe once a week) - the reload > of a few seconds isn't wo

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-10 Thread Perrin Harkins
on 5/9/01 5:45 PM, Morbus Iff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Keep in mind, if you load this data during startup (in the parent) it will >> be shared, but reloading it later will make a separate copy in each child, >> chewing up a large amount of memory. You might have better luck using dbm > > T

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-10 Thread Morbus Iff
>> I hope ya understand. > >Well, I hope we've all got that off our chests. I'm really hoping so - I *hate* this sort of stuff. >Now, have you got enough to get you going OK? I'm thinking I do, yes. Thanks for asking. Morbus Iff .sig on other machine. http://www.disobey.com/ http://www.ga

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-10 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Thu, 10 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > I hope ya understand. Well, I hope we've all got that off our chests. Now, have you got enough to get you going OK? 73, Ged.

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-10 Thread Morbus Iff
>> Sigh. What the frel is your problem, binky? > >Stas' problem, which apparently your researches have not discovered, >is that he WROTE the guide and when somebody starts spamming fifteen >hundred mailboxes because he didn't read it he's understandably a >little irritated. Oh, no, don't ge

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-10 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Thu, 10 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > >You didn't search the guide, even if you try to make everyone believe that > > Sigh. What the frel is your problem, binky? Stas' problem, which apparently your researches have not discovered, is that he WROTE the guide and when somebody start

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-10 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Morbus Iff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, it's a big deal if you've no "in" with the place you're webhosting > with, sure... No one wants to be told that some lowly customer wants to > restart the server that's running 200 other vhosts... > > Granted, I work at the damn webhost, but it's go

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-10 Thread Morbus Iff
>>>The above code asigns a signal handler for the USR2 signal. >>>This signal has been chosen because it's least likely to be >>>used by the other parts of the server. >> >> That, unfortunately doesn't tell me what causes a USR2 signal to be sent to >> Apache. Or when it's caused. I on

mod_perl and 700k+ files?

2001-05-10 Thread Morbus Iff
Hey there, wondering if anyone could help me with this. I'm relatively new to mod_perl... I've got a 700k file that is loaded each time I run a CGI script, so I'm hoping to cache the file using mod_perl somehow. The file will change occasionally (maybe once a week) - the reload of a few second

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Stas Bekman
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > >> Ahhh. Ok. What's this $SIG{'USR2'} thingy. What's that do? > > > >http://perl.apache.org/guide > > Well, that's all fine and dandy, and I've gone through there before, but > the only thing the search engine brings up concerning USR2 is: > >>The ab

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Morbus Iff
>> Ultimately, I'm looking for something I can do totally from within Perl. > >Couldn't you create a Perl script to run as a cron job that could stat >the file off-line for you and HUP the server when it has changed? >That would seem easy enough. You'd just have to work out the perms on >the cron

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Ken Y. Clark
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 17:45:03 -0400 > From: Morbus Iff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: mod_perl and 700k files... > > Ok. Thanks for the replies everybo

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Morbus Iff
Ok. Thanks for the replies everybody. Collectively, I'm looking for a solution that DOES NOT require an Apache restart, or one that requires me to use a kill/killall command. I'm not in front of the server 100%, and I won't have access to telnet/ssh in to issue commands. Ultimately, I'm lookin

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Tim Tompkins
aff Engineer / Programmer http://www.arttoday.com/ -- - Original Message - From: "Morbus Iff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G.W. Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001

RE: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Rob Bloodgood
> That, unfortunately doesn't tell me what causes a USR2 signal to > be sent to > Apache. Or when it's caused. I only want to reload the file when > said file > has changed. Am I supposed to do some checking against the file -M time > myself, and then send a USR2 signal myself? USR2 only fires wh

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread ___cliff rayman___
Morbus Iff wrote: > >> Ahhh. Ok. What's this $SIG{'USR2'} thingy. What's that do? > > has changed. Am I supposed to do some checking against the file -M time > myself, and then send a USR2 signal myself? > yes. this method assumes that the administrator of apache has made a change to a file an

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Perrin Harkins
on 5/9/01 5:14 PM, Morbus Iff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That, unfortunately doesn't tell me what causes a USR2 signal to be sent to > Apache. You can use the kill command to send a USR2 signal. > Or when it's caused. When you send it. > I only want to reload the file when said file > has c

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Ken Y. Clark
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 17:14:10 -0400 > From: Morbus Iff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: G.W. Haywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: mod_perl and 700k files... > > >> Ahhh. Ok. What

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi again, On Wed, 9 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > >> Ahhh. Ok. What's this $SIG{'USR2'} thingy. What's that do? > > > >http://perl.apache.org/guide > > Well, that's all fine and dandy, and I've gone through there before, but > the only thing the search engine brings up concerning USR2 is: >

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Morbus Iff
>> Ahhh. Ok. What's this $SIG{'USR2'} thingy. What's that do? > >http://perl.apache.org/guide Well, that's all fine and dandy, and I've gone through there before, but the only thing the search engine brings up concerning USR2 is: >The above code asigns a signal handler for the USR2 signal

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Wed, 9 May 2001, Morbus Iff wrote: > Ahhh. Ok. What's this $SIG{'USR2'} thingy. What's that do? http://perl.apache.org/guide 73, Ged.

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Morbus Iff
At 04:24 PM 5/9/01, Robert Landrum wrote: >At 3:51 PM -0400 5/9/01, Morbus Iff wrote: >>** The 700k file is an XML file, read in by XML::Simple. XML::Simple >>can cache that file into memory. Is this how I should do it? Or >>should I load the file from my startup.pl script so that the file is

Re: mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Robert Landrum
At 3:51 PM -0400 5/9/01, Morbus Iff wrote: >** The 700k file is an XML file, read in by XML::Simple. XML::Simple >can cache that file into memory. Is this how I should do it? Or >should I load the file from my startup.pl script so that the file is >shared amongst all the apache children? If tha

mod_perl and 700k files...

2001-05-09 Thread Morbus Iff
Hey there, wondering if anyone could help me with this. I'm relatively new to mod_perl... I've got a 700k file that is loaded each time I run a CGI script, so I'm hoping to cache the file using mod_perl somehow. The file will change occasionally (maybe once a week) - the reload of a few second