For the free version, use Win32::Daemon from: http://www.roth.net/perl/Daemon/
If you like professional support, pay a bit and get the PDK: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/PDK/7.0/PerlSvc_overview.html Both are recommended. The second one will give you back your weekends. Chandra, Ramesh H.S. IN BLR SISL wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to write a perl script which should be a "service" > (Daemon) running on a Windows machine. How can I do this? Is there any > module which can be used? Basically, this service should look out for > some files in a particular directory and if those files are present, it > must mail me back. > > Thanks and Regards, > Ramesh Chandra > > _______________________________________________ > ActivePerl mailing list > ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs