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Re: 20040630: potential LDM/pqact problem on OSF/1



David,

>Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:34:55 -0700
>From: David Ovens <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Washington
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20040630: potential LDM/pqact problem on OSF/1
>Keywords: 200406241954.i5OJsCWb010248 LDM PIPE Perl

The above message contained the following:

> The zlib2gif.pl script receives far more data than I want to do
> anything with, that PR-NATIONAL product is one such example.  I think
> 1. was the reason.  Is that a problem that can affect/interfere with
> the files that zlib2gif.pl fully manages?

The perl script's closing of standard input might cause problems.  Try
modifing the script so that it throws away everything on standard input
(by copying it to /dev/null, for example) rather than closing it.

Let me know what you discover.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson