[Perl-unix-users] IPC::Semaphore

2001-03-29 Thread Chuck . Hirstius
Hello all, Can anyone give an example of how to use IPC::Semaphore to cause a process to "wait" until another process has finished. I don't see a "lock" or "unlock" call in there, and that's what I've always thought was the way to do it. Also, I see that IPC::Semaphore allows you to get the PID

[Perl-unix-users] How to Create A CPAN MIrror

2001-03-29 Thread Martin Moss
All, As I'm trying to create system wide level platform (over 100 machines) I need to be able to create my own internal CPAN mirror. But one which I can selectively update from CPAN as an when new modules exist. It would act as a way of ensuring all machines configured on my network get their CP