Similar scripts in different directories

[Andreas Schiffler <as...@home.com>]

Hi there,

quick question regarding script concurrency with mod_perl.

If I have the same script name in different directories, will mod_perl
treat them differently and can they be used concurrently?

i.e. I have a production version and a development version of help.pm
which gets called by help.pl by mod_perl. The code differs and they are
in different directories. Can the two instances of help.pl
(/production/help.pl and /devel/help.pl) be used at the same time
without interfering with each other?

Regards
Andreas

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Re: Similar scripts in different directories

[Gunther Birznieks <gu...@extropia.com>]

If the script is a module then no.

If the script is a script being loaded by something else like 
Apache::Registry, there is code in Apache::Registry to mangle the namespace 
of the script so it appears to be different from a script of the same name 
running at a different URL.

However, there is no such logic for the modules or libraries that are 
loaded. If this is your issue you need to read the Mod_Perl Guide by Stas 
which I believe has a section on this... maybe look for %INC issues.

At 05:40 PM 10/17/00 -0400, Andreas Schiffler wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>quick question regarding script concurrency with mod_perl.
>
>If I have the same script name in different directories, will mod_perl 
>treat them differently and can they be used concurrently?
>
>i.e. I have a production version and a development version of help.pm 
>which gets called by help.pl by mod_perl. The code differs and they are in 
>different directories. Can the two instances of help.pl 
>(/production/help.pl and /devel/help.pl) be used at the same time without 
>interfering with each other?
>
>Regards
>Andreas
>--
>|  Andreas Schiffler                    aschiffler@home.com  |
>|  Senior Systems Engineer    -    Deskplayer Inc., Buffalo  |
>|  4707 Eastwood Cres., Niagara Falls, Ont  L2E 1B4, Canada  |
>|  +1-905-371-3652 (private)  -  +1-905-371-8834 (work/fax)  |