in reply to Restarting script without losing handles
I feel you can solve this problem in an easier way, like this:
- Place your regexes and actions in a config file. This would be Perl code placing the regular expressions in a data structure (hash, array, whatever).
- When the script starts, it sets up the sockets and eval()s said config file, thus learning the last set of rules.
- Install a signal handler for SIGHUP. Upon receiving this signal, you can wipe the data structure and re-eval() the config file, thus learning the new rules and actions.
In fact, you could accomplish the last phase by placing your script in a separate namespace, say:
The config file could be explicitly placed in the main namespace. You can then delete all non-built-in symbols in main deleted. This would get rid of even the actions defined as subs in the config file.package __my_script; # Your script goes here
I have a similar thing in production which works fine. It handles around 20 RADIUS authentications per second :)
Good luck.
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