NAME
IPC::PidStat::PidServer - Process ID existence server
SYNOPSIS
use IPC::PidStat::PidServer;
IPC::PidStat::PidServer->new(port=>1234)->start_server;
# Or more typically via the command line
pidstatdDESCRIPTION
IPC::PidStat::PidServer responds to UDP requests that contain a PID with a packet indicating the PID and if the PID currently exists.
The Perl IPC::Locker package optionally uses this daemon to break locks for PIDs that no longer exists.
- new ([parameter=>value ...]);
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Creates a server object.
- start_server ([parameter=>value ...]);
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Starts the server. Does not return.
PARAMETERS
- port
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The port number (INET) or name (UNIX) of the lock server. Defaults to 'pidstatd' looked up via /etc/services, else 1752.
DISTRIBUTION
The latest version is available from CPAN and from https://www.veripool.org/ipc-locker.
Copyright 2002-2022 by Wilson Snyder. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0.
AUTHORS
Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>