Re: stat(), NFS shares and local files timeout

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Igor Feghali <igor.feghali@gmail.com>wrote: > I am running with an issue with remote filesystems (mounted via NFS) > and PHP's stat() / filemtime(). > > Sometimes when the remote filesystem (NFS share) is busy, my PHP > daemon just hangs forever on a filemtime() call to a file inside this > FS. I failed to find a proper way of setting a timeout for that kind > of operation. Everything I can think of is related to remote files > (URLs) and/or content operations (read/write). Streams for example, > don't even have any options for "local" files and > "default_socket_timeout" directive is applicable only for sockets. > > I could fork my daemon just to do a stat() call and control the > running time (timeout) inside the parent process, but I usually stat > 60 files / second, so that would be a lot of forking. I prefer to go > another way. anyone has a clue ? > What if you simply set the script to time out? Is it ignoring that too? set_time_limit( seconds ) -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Unlimited Hosting Plans start @ $3.95/month. Promo Code "NEWTHINGS" for 10% off initial order http://www.facebook.com/canishosting http://www.facebook.com/originalpoetry