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[Brian]

That is a great idea.  I could keep it simple and just check for the existence 
of the file.  When I want to kill the script, I delete the file.  Before 
invoking it again I just upload the file again.

To answer Adam, I would want to kill it if the client decides to change the 
pattern of camera movement or the duration between moves.  They have not 
asked for either of these yet but I will be doing these on a regular basis so 
I am building an arsenal and expanding my knowledge / options.  

Brian

On Friday 20 December 2002 11:28 am, FB` wrote:
> I see what you mean..
>
> what about using a value set in another way to start/stop the loop - for
> ex, reading the contents of a file every so many loops and continuing or
> not based on that.
>
> this file would then be altered by the $run=false script, and the currently
> running script could exit when in encounters the changed value...
>
> FB`
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian" <brian at preston-campbell.com>
> To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] loop
>
> > That would merely start a non-running instance of the same script, as
>
> opposed
>
> > to killing the one that is looping on the server.
> >
> > I'm looking into Hans' suggestion of
> >
> > >You could have PHP kill itself in various way, if this helps:
> > >
> > >http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.posix.php
> > >http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pcntl.php
> >
> > I have to look into how PHP was compiled and if these will be possible.
>
> Back
>
> > to the limits of an embedded system -- can't compile anything.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > On Friday 20 December 2002 10:48 am, FB` wrote:
> > > How about passing the $run variable for the while loop (as someone else
> > > mentioned) through the browser, via get?
> > >
> > > so you could go to
> > > http://tinyembedded/control.php?run=true
> > > or
> > > http://tinyembedded/control.php?run=false
> > > to start and stop, respectively...
> > >
> > > FB`
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Brian" <brian at preston-campbell.com>
> > > To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 7:35 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] loop
> > >
> > > > The script will specifically not time out.  I don't want it to.  The
> > > > issue is that it is running on a tiny embedded server (see
> > > > http://www.boa.org) running php3lite, a reduced version of php for
>
> just
>
> > > > such a system.  I opened a browser three days ago, started the
> > > > script, and then closed the browser.  If I need to kill the process I
> > > > am not sure how to do it other than restarting the server although I
> > > > can probably end it with [kill -1 php] in ssh.  Since these are not
> > > > normal circumstances, I was curious if there might be another way to
> > > > end the process.
> > > >
> > > > Brian
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 23:09, CHUN-YIU LAM wrote:
> > > > > I think what he meant to say is why the webserver did not timeout..
> > > > >
> > > > > Matthew
> > > > >
> > > > > ----Original Message Follows----
> > > > > From: Adam Fields <fields at surgam.net>
> > > > > Reply-To: talk at nyphp.org
> > > > > To: NYPHP Talk <talk at nyphp.org>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] loop
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> > > > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 04:27:15PM -0500, Brian wrote:
> > > > >  > I am currently using a script to move a webcam at certain time
> > >
> > > intervals.
> > >
> > > > >   The
> > > > >
> > > > >  > script never times out and uses the following to run
>
> indefinitely:
> > > > >  > for (;;) {
> > > > >  > [camera instuctions]
> > > > >  > }
> > > > >  >
> > > > >  > Anyone know the principal behind this snippet and why it works?
>
> I
>
> > > have
> > >
> > > > > not
> > > > >
> > > > >  > been able to find any information on the subject.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is clearly documented in the online manual:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.for.php
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > - Adam
> > > > >
> > > > > -----
> > > > > Adam Fields, Managing Partner, fields at surgam.net
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