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Net::Server::Fork(3)                 User Contributed Perl Documentation                Net::Server::Fork(3)



NAME
       Net::Server::Fork - Net::Server personality

SYNOPSIS
         use Net::Server::Fork;
         @ISA = qw(Net::Server::Fork);

         sub process_request {
            #...code...
         }

         __PACKAGE__->run();

DESCRIPTION
       Please read the pod on Net::Server first.  This module is a personality, or extension, or sub class,
       of the Net::Server module.

       This personality binds to one or more ports and then waits for a client connection.  When a
       connection is received, the server forks a child.  The child handles the request and then closes.

ARGUMENTS
       check_for_dead
           Number of seconds to wait before looking for dead children.  This only takes place if the maximum
           number of child processes (max_servers) has been reached.  Default is 60 seconds.

       max_servers
           The maximum number of children to fork.  The server will not accept connections until there are
           free children. Default is 256 children.

       max_dequeue
           The maximum number of dequeue processes to start.  If a value of zero or undef is given, no
           dequeue processes will be started.  The number of running dequeue processes will be checked by
           the check_for_dead variable.

       check_for_dequeue
           Seconds to wait before forking off a dequeue process.  It is intended to use the dequeue process
           to take care of items such as mail queues.  If a value of undef is given, no dequeue processes
           will be started.

CONFIGURATION FILE
       See Net::Server.

PROCESS FLOW
       Process flow follows Net::Server until the post_accept phase.  At this point a child is forked.  The
       parent is immediately able to wait for another request.  The child handles the request and then
       exits.

HOOKS
       The Fork server has the following hooks in addition to the hooks provided by the Net::Server base
       class.  See Net::Server

       "$self->pre_accept_hook()"
           This hook occurs just before the accept is called.

       "$self->post_accept_hook()"
           This hook occurs just after accept but before the fork.

       "$self->run_dequeue()"
           This hook only gets called in conjuction with the check_for_dequeue setting.

TO DO
       See Net::Server

AUTHOR
       Paul T. Seamons paul@seamons.com

       and maintained by Rob Brown bbb@cpan.org

SEE ALSO
       Please see also Net::Server::INET, Net::Server::PreFork, Net::Server::MultiType, Net::Server::SIG
       Net::Server::Single



perl v5.8.8                                      2004-02-14                             Net::Server::Fork(3)