NAME

IPC::PidStat::PidServer - Process ID existence server

SYNOPSIS

  use IPC::PidStat::PidServer;

  IPC::PidStat::PidServer->start_server(port=>1234,);

DESCRIPTION

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.

start_server ([parameter=>value ...]);

Starts the server. Does not return.

PARAMETERS

port

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 http://www.veripool.com/.

Copyright 2002-2007 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 or the Perl Artistic License.

AUTHORS

Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>

SEE ALSO

IPC::Locker, IPC::PidStat, pidstatd