Re: OT. Cron jobs

2007-03-11 Thread Ed
Hi, Would it not be easier to just launch the perl script from a bash script in the lines of: #!/bin/bash while [ 1 -ne 2 ]; do /foo/bar/perlscript.pl sleep 15 done Still a Newb in perl so if it can be done in perl... let us know ;) Just a thought. -Ed On Sunday 11 March 2007

Re: OT. Cron jobs

2007-03-11 Thread Jeni Zundel
will the job complete within 15 seconds? Jen On Mar 10, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Mike Blezien wrote: Hello, Sorry for the OT question, but couldn't find the info I was looking for and thought could get a quick answer from the list. We have a perl script that needs to run 4 times a minute. Can t

Re: OT. Cron jobs

2007-03-10 Thread Chas Owens
On 3/10/07, Mike Blezien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, Sorry for the OT question, but couldn't find the info I was looking for and thought could get a quick answer from the list. We have a perl script that needs to run 4 times a minute. Can this be done via cron or is there an easier way to

Re: OT. Cron jobs

2007-03-10 Thread Mike Blezien
Jay, - Original Message - From: "Jay Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beginners List" ; "Mike Blezien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: OT. Cron jobs On 3/10/07, Mike Blezien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT. Cron jobs

2007-03-10 Thread Jay Savage
On 3/10/07, Mike Blezien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, Sorry for the OT question, but couldn't find the info I was looking for and thought could get a quick answer from the list. We have a perl script that needs to run 4 times a minute. Can this be done via cron or is there an easier way to