[vox-tech] Alternative to PHP Scripting
I've been trying to use PHP to create a backup script that would read filenames from a directory, then copy those filenames into a .zip file, then delete the original files. I wrote a PHP script to do this, but it seemed to spawn so many httpd child processes that the server load skyrocketed and users weren't able to get to our website. So my question is, what other options do I have for performing this sort of task? -- Sláinte, Richard S. Crawford (rich...@underpope.com) http://www.underpope.com ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Alternative to PHP Scripting
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Richard S. Crawford rich...@underpope.com wrote: I've been trying to use PHP to create a backup script that would read filenames from a directory, then copy those filenames into a .zip file, then delete the original files. I wrote a PHP script to do this, but it seemed to spawn so many httpd child processes that the server load skyrocketed and users weren't able to get to our website. So my question is, what other options do I have for performing this sort of task? -- Sláinte, Richard S. Crawford (rich...@underpope.com) http://www.underpope.com Being a Python fan, I'd recommend Python. I would in particular use mod_python for this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_python ) although mod_wsgi is the newer toy that might suit your needs better. I know that mod_python for sure doesn't spawn child processes though, which solve your particular problem. ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Alternative to PHP Scripting
On 07/11/2011 03:57 PM, Michael Robert Seydel wrote: On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Richard S. Crawford rich...@underpope.com wrote: I've been trying to use PHP to create a backup script that would read filenames from a directory, then copy those filenames into a .zip file, then delete the original files. I wrote a PHP script to do this, but it seemed to spawn so many httpd child processes that the server load skyrocketed and users weren't able to get to our website. So my question is, what other options do I have for performing this sort of task? -- Sláinte, Richard S. Crawford (rich...@underpope.com) http://www.underpope.com Being a Python fan, I'd recommend Python. I would in particular use mod_python for this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_python ) although mod_wsgi is the newer toy that might suit your needs better. I know that mod_python for sure doesn't spawn child processes though, which solve your particular problem. mod_python is not recommended for new development and is no longer maintained. mod_wsgi is the favored replacement as noted by install instructions for django, trac, pylons etc... Others around here might also say, pick whatever lang you like - Ruby, Haskell, C, Perl or anything else that can be run via cgi scripts (or the new way fastcgi). I could see a quick solution to your particular issue as a bash 10 line or less bash script run via cgi. Enjoy, Alex ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
