Do u have any working model script for this.. @eric thank u for ur reply.. but i cannot able to understand it. i am not that much of an expert in LINUX..
Can u explain it to me in more detail. If u have an example can u just let me know.. Chaitanya On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Eric Veith1 <eric.ve...@de.ibm.com> wrote: > Chaitanya Yanamadala <dr.virus.in...@gmail.com> wrote on 05/24/2010 > 03:19:25 PM: > > i have a perl script which will automatically check for the existing > files > > and then ftp them to a server, this one runs in a loop until i kill it, > now > > what i wants is i want to make this as a service so that it can keep on > > running until i kill the service. so does any one have an idea how to do > > this?? > > Normally, you'd fork and then end the parent. CPAN holds some modules that > will make your life easier regarding this. Search for "daemon" and have a > look at, e.g., Daemon::Easy or Daemon::Daemonize. > > However, be advised that the whole fork-and-quit backgrounding stuff is > broken by design[1]. You should actually look into a software like Dan > Bernstein's Daemontools and keep your script itself as it is. > > HTH. > > Eric, > > > [1] http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/faq.html > > -- > Eric MSP Veith <eric.ve...@de.ibm.com> > Hechtsheimer Str. 2 > DE-55131 Mainz > Germany > > IBM Deutschland GmbH > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Erich Clementi > Geschäftsführung: Martin Jetter (Vorsitzender), Reinhard Reschke, Christoph > Grandpierre, Matthias Hartmann, Michael Diemer, Martina Koederitz > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Stuttgart > Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 14562 > WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 99369940 > >
