OWS or OAS and CGI's signals sent

Question

Hello
I've got a question about CGI and OWS (or OAS, it's the same problem)
I've got a C compiled program which intercept signals (especially SIGUSR1) and execute a task (for exemple a simple "printf" and exit
The program do an infinite loop
program. When i execute this program in a shell window, the program loop infinitely which is logical. In a second shell window i send signal SIGUSR1 (with a "kill -USR1") to the process of the program. Immediatly, the program execute the task and exit. The program works perfectly.
Now, i put the program in a cgi directory configured in a Web listener
I execute the program in a navigator (Netscape) with an url likes http://my_server/my_cgi_directory/my_program
The program loops
I creates a cgi program (a shell) which gets the id process of the program which loops and send the USR1 signal. I put this cgi program in my cgi directory.
In a second navigator, i launch the cgi program which normally send USR1 signal, and the program which loops should execute the correctly task and exit as it does.
And now, the program don't exit, in fact it doesn't launch the task.
I've got the same problem with OWS 3.02, OAS 4.08, linux, aix platform.
I've tried to send the USR1 signal in a window shell but no action, the signals are blocked.
The only two signals KILL and STOP works properly, in a window shell AND in an URL with navigator.
Have you got this problem too ?? Which is the solution ??? I'have open a call to ORACLE SUPPORT but no response, they say the problem perhaps will never be solved (for them, it may not be a BUG)
Thanks in advance
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Answer 1

Regarding to issue #1,
I would suggest to the change your virtual path to physical path mapping setting in OAS. The OJSP engine will lookup pages relative to your physical path (not the default doc root).
Regarding to issue #2,
Unfortunately, the information you provided is rather limited. It's difficult to do some definite diagnositic based the brief description. Sorry.
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