Posted by petersprc on 11/24/06 04:07

I think a SIGPIPE starts it, and then mod_cgi will detect that it needs
to follow with a kill.

Tim Roberts wrote:
> "petersprc" <petersprc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >As far as I know, in the event of a disconnect, Apache will send a
> >SIGTERM to the child, and then, if needed, wait up to approximately 3
> >seconds and send a SIGKILL. Your CGI could handle the SIGTERM and do
> >any required cleanup. It could also leave behind a long-running process
> >using the "at now" command.
>
> Is that promised anywhere? In my experience, the only side effect of the
> disconnect is that the sockets feeding stdin and stdout get disconnected.
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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