> > > Bill, > > > This triggered a question... > > > > > > I have not followed the discussion on this thread closely, but are you > requiring the > > > ScoreBoardFile directive on Windows to name the shmem? I hope > not..... > > > > At this moment, yes, otherwise it defaults to the parent/private, > child/private > > model. Do you want that changed, effective now, to always have a shared > score? > > It must become a shared score before we can proceed to multi-process, > but we > > aren't quite there, yet. > > > > Bill > > > > In the cases where we want/need a shared scoreboard, I would prefer for > the parent to > derive a safe name and tell the child the name. I see no goodness in > complicating the > config with a directive that does not provide a distinct benefit to the > user. IMHO, the > name of the shared segment (and the process for deriving the name) is best > kept under the > covers.
Just to be clear, that is not what Unix does now. If you need a file backing the scoreboard, we make you add one. Ryan
