I'm not sure it warrants a new module.
There are already modules for
launching sub-processes and capture stdout and stderr
managing and writing to log files
sending email
What's you've described sounds like could be done with those and
just a few lines of code.
Tim.
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 12:04:40PM -0500, Mark D. Roth wrote:
> I asked about this on comp.lang.perl.modules, but I didn't get any
> useful responses, so I figured I'd try here.
>
> I'm looking for a simple, lightweight perl module to do intelligent
> handling of command output for automated system maintenance scripts
> that run out of cron. In particular, I'd like it to unconditionally
> save the output of each command to a log file, but also to be able to
> do other things with the output based on arbitrary criteria. The most
> common use would be to email a copy of the output to a specific email
> address if the command exits with a non-zero return code.
>
> I didn't see anything similar to this in the perl module list, but I
> might have missed something. If a module already exists to do this,
> please point me at it and disregard the rest of this note. ;)
>
> Assuming that no such module currently exists, I'll probably write one
> myself. If I do, should I contribute it to CPAN? I was surprised by
> the lack of responses on c.l.p.m, but this seems like the sort of
> thing that other people would find useful, so I'm not sure if it's an
> appropriate contribution or not.
>
> Also, I'm not sure what name to use for the module. Whether or not I
> contribute it to CPAN, I'd like to use a name that doesn't
> unnecessarily pollute perl's namespace. The two ideas that I've come
> up with are:
>
> AutoJob
> Batch::Output
>
> I'd like to know what you think about these ideas, or if you have
> other suggestions.
>
> Thanks in advance for any information!
>
> --
> Mark D. Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CITES Production Systems Group
> http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/roth University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
