> > My main concern was that the script would die from SIGALARM. I'm testing on > and XP box and using the script on a FreeBSD box. How can I get the cron > function on my XP box? >
In general this is a bad idea, aka developing/testing on a different platform than where it will run eventually. No matter how many times I see this it amazes me that people do it so much. cron can be installed as part of the Cygwin distro, not sure about other ways. The M$ products come with a scheduler as well, but you have now exhausted my knowledge of it ;-).... > Also I have to get admin permission for cron jobs. Which I don't think will > be a problem. > Interesting, you shouldn't.... > It's not important that the script be ran in exact time intervals. But it > is important that I be able to kill the process if necessary, and that it not > quit functioning in the middle of the night. > Well anything can quit functioning in the middle of the night (including cron, though its probably less likely), just have to be prepared for it. > So I guess cron is the best way. > Yeh, sounds like you aren't prepared for it ;-), which is not to say that is a bad thing, it is an important ability to be able to decide that! Good luck, http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
