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mod_python is not recommended for new development and is no longer maintained.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