From: Aram Mirzadeh <awm@qosina.com>
Message-Id: <199510240419.AAA11350@luers.qosina.com>
Subject: Re: Server push problem
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 00:19:29 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <9510211646.aa16719@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk> from "Ben Laurie" at
 Oct 21, 95 04:46:19 pm
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I didn't respond to the c.i.w.s.u posting, but I'm running over 20 different
push/pull programs.  Some are using graphics to display moving images, others
to display series of html pages.  Among others. 

If no one else has the script I can post it.

<Aram>


> 
> >From c.i.w.s.u:
> 
> From: mg@obd.com
> Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
> Subject: Problem with server push and Apache
> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 01:49:27 GMT
> Organization: OKI Business Documentation
> Message-ID: <DGIqEF.2LG@waterw.com>
> 
> I am having trouble with server push using the Apache server.  The server does
> not appear to pass the output of the cgi script until the script exits.  I have tried this
> with both a perl script setting $| = 1 to force flushing of the output after each line
> and a small C program using fflush() to flush the output buffer, and in both cases
> the output of the script is received as a single burst of output instead of a steady
> stream.  I have verified this by using telnet to connect to the http port and entering
> a GET command.  As far as I can tell, the buffer is getting flushed because the
> output appears as I expect when I use the program tee(1).
> 
> Is there some configuration magic necessary or something special to do with
> the script to force the output to essentially be unbuffered by the server?
> 
> 	Morris Goldstein (mg@obd.com)
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> This is of course, true - we buffer in great big lumps, and this will totally
> stuff server push. Would anyone care to express views on these possibilities?
> 
> 1. Don't buffer CGI output.
> 
> 2. Recognise the MIME multipart header and look for the separator.
> 
> 3. Add a timeout.
> 
> 4. Do a combination of 2 & 3.
> 
> 5. Do any of the above on a configuration file flag.
> 
> 6. Declare server push to be a non-standard extension and ignore the problem.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben.
> 
> -- 
> Ben Laurie                  Phone: +44 (181) 994 6435
> Freelance Consultant        Fax:   +44 (181) 994 6472
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> A.L. Digital Ltd,
> London, England.
> 


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