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Date: 22 Mar 2001 06:10:26 -0000
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To: apache-bugdb@apache.org, slive@apache.org, weikusat@mail.uni-mainz.de
From: slive@apache.org
Subject: Re: mod_cgi/7353: Apache being to trigger happy with respect to CGI
 programs

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Synopsis: Apache being to trigger happy with respect to CGI programs

State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: slive
State-Changed-When: Wed Mar 21 22:10:26 PST 2001
State-Changed-Why:

I'm not an expert in this (you should check one of the
CGI FAQs for details), but I believe the correct way
to handle this situation is to fork a subprocess from
your CGI before you send the Location: header,
and make sure to close stdin/stdout/etc on the
forked process.  Apache can't count on CGI processes
cleaning up after themselves.

Thanks for using Apache!