"cron" is a Unix utility for running commands in a scheduled manner. You configure the "job" for cron to run it every hour. This means that you never have to worry about the job running regularly because cron manages it.
Scott Nipp Phone: (214) 858-1289 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http:\\ldsa.sbcld.sbc.com -----Original Message----- From: Budi Santosa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:19 AM To: Perl Beginners List Subject: Re: time managing Hi Chris, What do you mean with a cron job? thanks Budi --- Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Budi Santosa wrote: > > > Does anybody know how to extract web content for > each > > hour during one day period? > > Write a script using LWP::Simple or other aspects of > LWP. > > Make sure it does what you want. > > Then install it as a cron job meant to run once an > hour. > > > > -- > Chris Devers > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
