Re: run perl as service

2007-08-08 Thread Dr.Ruud
Andrew Curry schreef: > the problem with a daemon is you need to keep checking its > running google: inittab respawn telinit -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/

RE: run perl as service

2007-08-08 Thread Toddy Prawiraharjo
me testing regarding performance and maintenance from what Andrew said. Cheers, Toddy Prawiraharjo -Original Message- From: Chas Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:36 PM To: Andrew Curry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: run perl a

RE: run perl as service

2007-08-08 Thread Andrew Curry
nces (should it take over a minute). -Original Message- From: Chas Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 August 2007 13:36 To: Andrew Curry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: run perl as service On 8/8/07, Andrew Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be hon

Re: run perl as service

2007-08-08 Thread Chas Owens
On 8/8/07, Andrew Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be honest in terms of database monitoring cron is usually the way to go. > The advantage Is that then you don't need to monitor the monitoring program. > As a DBA you need reliable data in terms of status etc... You could write an > overcompli

Re: run perl as service

2007-08-08 Thread Chas Owens
On 8/8/07, Toddy Prawiraharjo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I wrote a simple perl script to check some variables in SHOW STATUS in a > mysql server. Now, how do I run it as a service/daemon? > I want more flexibility than crontab which is based on time. Should I use > sleep? Or is there

Re: run perl as service

2007-08-08 Thread Jeff Pang
-Original Message- >From: Toddy Prawiraharjo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 8, 2007 8:12 PM >To: beginners@perl.org >Subject: run perl as service > >Hi all, > >I wrote a simple perl script to check some variables in SHOW STATUS in a >mysql server. Now, how do I run it as a service/daemon

RE: run perl as service

2007-08-08 Thread Andrew Curry
To be honest in terms of database monitoring cron is usually the way to go. The advantage Is that then you don't need to monitor the monitoring program. As a DBA you need reliable data in terms of status etc... You could write an overcomplicated daemon which monitors its state but if cron is an opt