Re: about cron and perl

2005-11-04 Thread Shawn Corey
ZHAO, BING wrote: Hi, I was advised to check out man cron for how to use cron. Set off do_it.pl using cron. But that's about it , all I can get from web help. I have no clue: 1. what should I include in the do_it.pl, say to delete certain old files? 2. this is a m

RE: about cron and perl

2005-11-04 Thread Steve Bertrand
>1. what should I include in the do_it.pl, say to > delete certain old files? I don't understand what you are getting at here. Are you asking us how to write a script to perform this certain task? What have you tried so far? >2. this is a more unix problem, how should I

RE: about cron and perl

2005-11-04 Thread Ryan Frantz
> -Original Message- > From: ZHAO, BING [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 2:16 PM > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: about cron and perl > > Hi, >I was advised to check out man cron for how to use cron. Set > off do_it.pl using cron. > But that's ab