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Re: Perl Daemonsby paulbort (Hermit) |
on Jul 28, 2004 at 18:04 UTC ( [id://378138]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Don't worry about making programs run forever; worry about people who think that servers run forever. The same memory leaks and stealth bugs that might be in your Perl might also be in the server OS. I don't trust a server with more than about 30 days of uptime. In fact, the Big Brother server monitoring software includes code to send an alarm if server uptime exceeds user-defined threshholds. Worry about making the code solid for a 30-90 day run. Any longer than that and you could run into problems with the parts you didn't write. The worker child suggestion above is also a very good idea. -- Spring: Forces, Coiled Again!
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