Thanks for all the help on my question. I picked the solution to periodically request a web page on a daily basis (using my browser) to execute my perl script. Although the "sleep x" worked great I think I will have problems because our business host server goes down for periodic maintenance. I think this would stop execution of the script. The cron is not allowed by our business host account and autosys costs money. I am still investigating the AT command. Thanks again!!
Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Chris Spurgeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 1:32 PM To: 'Tom Bartos'; jeff; Beginners Subject: RE: Automatic execute of script You can sometimes get at it from the client side...if you can set up something on a machine that you control to periodically request a webpage from the server, and if that web page runs the perl script you want to fire, you can accomplish the same thing that way. ____________________ Chris Spurgeon Senior Design Technologist [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRONIC INK One South Broad Street 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.electronicink.com t 215.922.3800 x(233) f 215.922.3880 -----Original Message----- From: Tom Bartos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 12:55 PM To: jeff; Beginners Subject: Re: Automatic execute of script the AT command works a lot like cron, see if you can use the AT command ----- Original Message ----- From: "jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 9:37 AM Subject: RE: Automatic execute of script > Our business hosting service does not allow cron, they recommend checking > with a third party. I write the scripts on a windows machine and upload > them to the apache Unix server to test and execute them. Do you know of any > perl modules that self execute? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:45 AM > To: jeff; Beginners > Subject: RE: Automatic execute of script > > > > If you are using Unix, add your script in /etc/crontab like this. > > 0 3 * * * root /usr/local/bin/your-script > > 0 means run at minute 0. > 3 means run at 3:00a.m. > * means every day > > Jeff Liu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: December 28, 2001 11:41 AM > To: Beginners > Subject: Automatic execute of script > > > Does anyone know how to get a script to execute at a predefined time without > user interaction. I would like to monitor my sys clock and have the perl > script execute. Thanks > > Jeff > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail is intended solely for the above-mentioned recipient and it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you have received it in error, please notify us immediately and delete the e-mail. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or take any action in reliance on it. In addition, the contents of an attachment to this e-mail may contain software viruses which could damage your own computer system. While Electronic Ink, Inc. has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should perform your own virus checks before opening the attachment. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
