[cobalt-developers] runaway perl scripts (slightly offtopic :)

[cLive hoLLoway <clive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I've got a perl cgi script that seems to be running continuously sometimes
when invoked.

I'm completely baffled coz I've been trying everything to emulate/force the
error to occur, but I can't. It's only happened to an (anonymous) end user
- who hasn't reported anything.

So my question is, is there anyway to analyse a running process? ie, can
you query the process if you know the PID to find out what it's doing? Or
is there a better approach? (going through 3,000 lines of code doesn't
exactly fill me with joy :)

Or will the httpd log record an error? That's where I'm off to now... <sigh>

later

cLive ;-)






cLive hoLLoway
E-commerce Developer, JPI
www.get-trolleyed.co.uk

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