Re: Best way to administer code updates to server daemon

2011-01-22 Thread Paul Rubin
Carl Banks writes: > I don't know of any off-hand but there are probably virtual network > drivers that sit between your server and the network stack that can > keep a connection open. > > It seems like it'd be a common enough need that someone's figured out > an easy way to handle it. I don't se

Re: Best way to administer code updates to server daemon

2011-01-22 Thread Carl Banks
On Jan 21, 9:27 pm, Paul Rubin wrote: > Maybe there are other ideas possible too. I don't know of any off-hand but there are probably virtual network drivers that sit between your server and the network stack that can keep a connection open. It seems like it'd be a common enough need that someon

Re: Best way to administer code updates to server daemon

2011-01-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Daniel da Silva writes: > I am writing a custom IRC server, and I was wondering would be the > best way to administer code updates to the daemon. Am I doomed to have > to restart the server every time I want to do an update (which would > disconnect all clients)? I don't mind doing something a lit

Re: Best way to administer code updates to server daemon

2011-01-21 Thread MRAB
On 21/01/2011 22:41, Daniel da Silva wrote: Hi, I am writing a custom IRC server, and I was wondering would be the best way to administer code updates to the daemon. Am I doomed to have to restart the server every time I want to do an update (which would disconnect all clients)? I don't mind doi

Best way to administer code updates to server daemon

2011-01-21 Thread Daniel da Silva
Hi, I am writing a custom IRC server, and I was wondering would be the best way to administer code updates to the daemon. Am I doomed to have to restart the server every time I want to do an update (which would disconnect all clients)? I don't mind doing something a little more advanced if it mean