Re: Net::FTP and fork

I guess you are creating the Net::FTP object before the fork ?

which means after the fork both parent and child have the object
and connection. This is an issue.

As a workaround you could try  close($ftp) in the process
that does not want/need the ftp object.

Graham.

On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 10:34:53AM -0400, Anthony R. J. Ball wrote:
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>   I have a project which uses Net::FTP to allow ftp
> through a cgi. I want to fork off my session handler
> for individual downloads so people can still browse
> and even download more than one file at a time but
> forking really seems to screw with my FTP handle. I
> don't mind making a second FTP handle for a download,
> but how do I prevent the original one from exploding
> when I fork?
> 
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