----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Grabowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: Multiple perl.exe processes not going away
> > Clicking STOP on the browser will not kill the perl process. IIS
will
> > not kill runaway processes, and like William says, you cannot kill
it
> > yourself... have to reboot.
>
> kill.exe which comes on the NT Option Pack ( I think ) might be an
> alternative. It stops processes that taskman cannot. 'kill.exe
Perl.exe'
> would kill all instances of the interpretor. Perhaps you could code
> something to see how many 'orphaned' Perl.exes are running and if that
> number is not satisfactory kill inetinfo.exe then start it over again.
> I'm almost positive I've seen scripts that do that.
>
> - Ron
I have a question kind of on the same subject if you use the exec()
function does the parent stay running this was unclear to me in the
doc's.
like so...
perl a.pl
from within a.pl call
exec(b.pl)
what happens to a.pl does it die?
thanks
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