Dear Gurus :-)) I have the below scenario and very keenly on the look-out for efficient solutions. Please do put down your expert views (I am pretty new to Perl and Windows internals).
* I submit jobs(basically proprietary language files) with a command, let's say "resub". * The "resub" command puts the jobs in a queue along with the user id. of who has submitted. Basically, the jobs run in a remote machine(from a pool of machines) which have higher memory capacity and speed. * I see the status of the jobs with another command called "bqview", which tells me whether the job is pending or running. When the job is complete, a log file is put out into a specific directory in the form of <job_name>.log * What I do is, after doing a "bqview",if I don't see the job in the queue then I know the job has completed running and then I check the <job_name>.log file, manually So to know whether a job is completed or not, I constantly need to keep using the "bqview" command and see what the job status. What I propose to do ? Automate the process of checking the queue and e-mail the specific user once the job is completed. Can this be possible without me calling the "bqview" external program in constant time interval within the Perl script ?? Can something like a service/daemon be done to capture the job I submit under Windows '98 and then do a network connection to see a group of remote machines of what is happening to the user jobs ?? The remote machines,"resub" and "bqview" commands are no way under my control. Any help or directions will be very highly appreciated :-)))) Thanks for your infinite patience, Regards, Praveen IMPORTANT- (1) The contents of this email and its attachments are confidential and intended only for the individual or entity named above. Any unauthorised use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact us, then delete the email. (2) ACNielsen collects personal information to provide and market our services. For more information about use, disclosure and access see our privacy policy at <www.acnielsen.com.au> or contact us on [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]