On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Dodge Ram wrote: > Hi, > > Have a question on whether it is possible to share > file descriptors between two processes. > > The purpose is to have a stanby process take over when > the primary process fails. The primary process creates/deletes > socket connections at run time. Forking does not scale well when > the rate of connection creates/deletes in high. > > If there is an alternative approach to do this kindly let > me know. > > Any helpful pointers are greatly appreciated.
two options I can think of: 1) file descriptor passing (described in Unix Network Programming Vol I) 2) shared address fork (should be on http://lt.tar.com) good luck, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
