> <%
> if($pid = fork) {
> %>
> DONE...
> <%
> } elsif(defined $pid) {
> system("java PursuitSpider > stdout.txt");
> system("gzip stdout.txt");
> }
> %>
> ok but I end up with a defunct libhttpd.ep process left around.
You need to exit after the second system(). However, you have a
presumably huge mod_perl process only running two system() calls, so I
suggest you use exec() instead of system() + exit().
One catch: you have to commands to execute and not one. exec()uting the
following small sh script would do the trick:
#!/bin/sh
java PursuitSpider > stdout.txt
gzip stdout.txt
or you could call exec() as follows:
exec('sh -c "java PursuitSpider > stdout.txt; gzip stdout.txt"');
Btw, I believe Java has built in support for gzip compression in the
java.util.zip package which is part of the java API.
ELB
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