NAME

Schedule::Load::Chooser - Distributed load choosing daemon

SYNOPSIS

use Schedule::Load::Chooser;

Schedule::Load::Chooser->start(port=>1234,);

DESCRIPTION

Schedule::Load::Chooser on startup creates a daemon that clients can connect to using the Schedule::Load package.

start ([parameter=>value ...]);

Starts the chooser daemon. Does not return.

PARAMETERS

port

The port number of slchoosed. Defaults to 'slchoosed' looked up via /etc/services, else 1752.

dead_time

Seconds after which if a client doesn't respond to a ping, it is considered dead.

DISTRIBUTION

The latest version is available from CPAN and from http://www.veripool.com/.

Copyright 1998-2004 by Wilson Snyder. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License or the Perl Artistic License.

AUTHORS

Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>

SEE ALSO

Schedule::Load, slchoosed