More CGI Stuff

[David Bovill]

On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 16:13, Yennie at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> Unfortunately, no- the server will spawn a new cgi process for each request.
> I have found a couple options, however:
> 
> 1). Run a simple server which takes request from cgi scripts (over sockets), 
> and supplies the persistent data.
> 
> 2) Run a pool of servers, all listening on their own port, and then still 
> utilize 1).
> 

With 2) is the idea to have the cgi script switch on each call to
another process?

> I did cook up something fun to play with. I stuck this in a script "httpd" 
> and call "./httpd 8080 10" from the terminal. What I get: 10 processes 
> listening on ports 8080-8089.
> 

Re: my recent post are you using 2.4.3 with httpd? Having problems with
my server under 2.4.3...

In terms of IAC - which is what you are doing here right? Do you have
any info regarding performance and the various techniques that are
possible (in particular using an external, shell, and sockets)- what do
you think:

	1) Shell (slowest)

	2) Sockets

	3) Externals (any faster?)