Hello, I'm using gnuplot to create webplots on the fly. I call gnuplot from a perl cgi file using the command: gnuplot $gpfile | ppmtogif 2> /dev/null > $imagedir/$giffile However, every now and again (about 1 in 5 times), the gnuplot process does not terminate and starts using huge amounts of cpu. Here is an example from top: 13513 www 20 1 1016 1016 728 R N 0 45.9 0.1 1:20 gnuplot 13589 www 18 1 1016 1016 728 R N 0 44.3 0.1 0:03 gnuplot 13568 www 17 1 1016 1016 728 R N 0 44.1 0.1 0:08 gnuplot 13402 www 14 1 1016 1016 728 R N 0 42.7 0.1 3:19 gnuplot There have been times when the gnuplot process had been running for hours before I killed it. The version is: G N U P L O T Linux version 3.7 patchlevel 1 last modified Fri Oct 22 18:00:00 BST 1999 This system is a Debian Potato (Stable) GNU/Linux box. Any help would be really appreciated. Regards, Cyrus
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