Hi Rob i want to wirte to a log file "AHDXAPI Server is now started running $now_string";to the following path /proj/ahd02/CAisd/site/mods/scripts/log/init/ahdxapi.init.log
#!/proj/ahd02/CAisd/ActivePerl-5.6.0.618/bin/perl #/usr/local/bin/perl use POSIX qw(strftime); $now_string = strftime "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", localtime; $xapipgm = "/proj/ahd02/CAisd/site/mods/scripts/srvtst26.pl"; $ret = qx(pgrep -f srvtst26); if ($? eq 0){ $ret = qx(pgrep -f $xapipgm); # $proc= qx(ps -e|grep svrtst26); print "AHD XAPI SERver Running with Process ID On $now_string"; } else{ open (LOG,">>/proj/ahd02/CAisd/site/mods/scripts/log/init/ahdxapi.init.log") || Error('open', 'file'); print LOG "AHDXAPI Server is now started running $now_string"; close (LOG); $ret = qx(perl $xapipgm >>/proj/ahd02/CAisd/site/mods/scripts/log/init/ahdxapi.init.log); } -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]