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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by Perrin Harkins <pe...@elem.com> on 2007/06/21 15:46:58 UTC

Re: mod_perl2 best practices interacting with non-apache apps

On 6/20/07, Boysenberry Payne <bo...@humaniteque.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm running a website building/management system (http://
> habitatlife.com/) using
> an apache2/mod_perl2 via unix platform and want to run some time
> consuming
> processes without tying up my apache/mod_perl children.

For simpler things, you can use the techniques shown by Randal in these columns:
http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col39.html
http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html

For a more scalable solution, you would use a job queue system.  There
are some on CPAN.

- Perrin