httrcall(1)

Table of Contents

1. NAME
2. SYNOPSIS
3. DESCRIPTION
4. OPTIONS
5. AUTHOR
6. SEE ALSO

1. NAME

httrcall - Call transient ashd handlers

2. SYNOPSIS

httrcall [-h] [-l LIMIT] PROGRAM [ARGS…]

3. DESCRIPTION

httrcall is a persistent handler, as defined in ashd(7), but works by starting a specified transient handler for every incoming request. Thus, it can be used to run transient handlers where normally only persistent handlers are accepted, such as for the program specified to accesslog(1), htextauth(1) or even htparser(1).

The transient handler to call is specified by the PROGRAM argument. Any ARGS given are prepended to the usual arguments for transient handlers, as described in ashd(7).

4. OPTIONS

-h
Print a brief help message to standard output and exit.
-l LIMIT
If specified, only LIMIT copies of the handler program are allowed to run at one time. If further request are received while LIMIT children are running, httrcall will block, waiting for one to exit before processing further requests. If no -l option is specified (or specified as zero), httrcall imposes no limit on the number of children that may run.

5. AUTHOR

Fredrik Tolf <fredrik@dolda2000.com>

6. SEE ALSO

ashd(7)