Exec without ping timeout.

[leandro]

So I'm executing pisg with a HUGE logfile, but most of the time it disconnects the eggdrop with ping timeout because it takes like 2 and a half minutes for pisg to analyse it.

Now, is there a way to execute pisg without being disconnected?

Thanks in advance. (if you want, ill post the tcl script)

[nml375]

There is the option of using the open command with pipes.

Something like this should be a good start:

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proc readpipe {fid} {
 if {![eof $fid]} {
  putlog "pisg: [gets $fid]"
 } {
  close $fid
 }
}

set fid [open "|pisg bla ..." "RDWR"]
fconfigure $fid -blocking 1
fileevent $fid readable [list readpipe $fid]

[leandro]

and this wont cause a ping timeout? because if I get this right, i open pisg, and read it until its closed, but then, it takes 3 minutes to close because it takes 3 minutes for pisg to analyse the log.

If i'm wrong please tell me so, thanks for the reply btw!

[nml375]

The trick here is, output is read as it comes available, being triggered by an event-handler, while "exec" will block until the execution is complete (thus causing your bot becoming unresponsive for several minutes and ping timeout). The "open" command will return instantly, providing a file-handle which you can pretty much use just like any other file, except that you're writing to the program's stdin, and reading from it's stdout.

The "fileevent" command is what sets up the event-handler to track the opened pipe for a readable-condition, at which readpipe will be called to look for an eof-condition, and try to read one line.

[Alchera]

Simple solution is to not use eggdrop to do something that can be done far better server side.

[rosc2112]

I'd make a little shell script to run pisg, and then run that shell script from cron. I posted an example shell script to do just that, in the shell help forum (it also uploads the stats page to an ftp site if you need that as well.)

[leandro]

Thanks all.

I'll first try the open trick to see if it fits my needs. If not, I'll make that cron script.

Thank you very much.