Cleaning up after your children

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "josh" == josh hoblitt <jhoblitt at mysun.com> writes:

josh> I'm working on a small preforking (like apache) webserver. I'd like to
josh> have the children pass information about their present status to the
josh> parent.  After having trouble getting IO::Select to work correctly I
josh> posted to begginers at perl.  With some help I'v gotten it atleast somewhat
josh> working with examples from the perl cookbook and perlipc thrown
josh> together.  I'm still having two difficulties... one the only way I can
josh> seem to avoid having some defunct children is to set $SIG{CHLD} =
josh> 'IGNORE'.  I do not want to do this because I'm dependant on the signal
josh> to know when to fork a replacement child.

Have you looked at the columns I pointed you at?

josh>   Is there someway to guarentee
josh> trapping signals and they won't be ignored while dealing with a prevous
josh> signal.  

No.  And remember what I already told you (I think)... if two kids
both die at the same time, you'll get one SIGCHLD, not two.

Look at the columns.  Read the associated explanatory text.  Don't
reinvent the wheel until you've studied prior art.

See col15 in <http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/> for example.

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