2.0, chdir, content generation

[David N. Welton]

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Question for you guys:

I'm working on a module for 2.0, which generates content (with Tcl).
In 1.3, prior to setting things in motion, I did a

ap_chdir_file(r-filename);

to have everything running in the right place.  In 2.0, because of the
threading, this doesn't strike me as being such a good idea.

What might be an effective strategy for running a script in a known
place on the filesystem?  Put a mutex on everything?  Yuck...

Thoughts?  Ideas?

Thankyou for your time,
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Re: 2.0, chdir, content generation

[William A. Rowe, Jr.]

At 03:10 AM 4/4/2002, you wrote:

Question for you guys:

I'm working on a module for 2.0, which generates content (with Tcl).
In 1.3, prior to setting things in motion, I did a

ap_chdir_file(r-filename);

to have everything running in the right place.  In 2.0, because of the
threading, this doesn't strike me as being such a good idea.

What might be an effective strategy for running a script in a known
place on the filesystem?  Put a mutex on everything?  Yuck...

apr_proc_create allows you to set up the cwd and all, it deals with
the threaded/non-threaded aspects based on the flavor built.  But it
may be more optimal to a cgid mechanism.  [Note your approach,
using the apr_proc_ and apr_procattr_ api's to set the cwd - will work
just fine on Win32 and some other threaded platforms.]  It's more of
a hassle, but it may be the only way to have a seperate process
churning your scripts.

Bill