Memory limitation for Perl

[Markus Mohr]

Hello,

I have built a Perl/Tk-based program in a client-server-interacting
mode which is composed of about 15 separate modules.
For one special task, the parsing of a XML string containing an image
object in its CDATA section, I want to limit the usable memory to a
certain amount. This is necessary since otherwise the process takes as
much memory as possible and could lead to system breakdowns.

Is there a method do realize such a memory usage limitation?

And if so, does it have to be integrated in the XML parsing process,
or can I sort of integrate this statement in my main *.pl file?

Hope I made everything clear enough.

Sincerely


Markus Mohr

 

[Anno Siegel]

Hello,

I have built a Perl/Tk-based program in a client-server-interacting
mode which is composed of about 15 separate modules.
For one special task, the parsing of a XML string containing an image
object in its CDATA section, I want to limit the usable memory to a
certain amount. This is necessary since otherwise the process takes as
much memory as possible and could lead to system breakdowns.

Is there a method do realize such a memory usage limitation?

Not in Perl, but perhaps in your OS. Under Unix, type "man ulimit"
and see what it says.

And if so, does it have to be integrated in the XML parsing process,
or can I sort of integrate this statement in my main *.pl file?

Ulimit restricts the resources for an entire process.

Anno

 

[Markus Mohr]

Not in Perl, but perhaps in your OS. Under Unix, type "man ulimit"
and see what it says.

Thank you, I know that about Linux, but I have to compile it under
Windows, and therefore it should be integral part of the code.

Sincerely


Markus Mohr