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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
m] On Behalf Of Rob Newman
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25,need to attach
Perl script to this when it executes
> Hi there VNC gurus,
[snip]
> So I have a fully fledged working desktop on localhost:25. Now to what
> I really want to do....
>
> I have a Perl script that I normally run from the X11 command line.
> This outputs much information, then opens up three Ghostscript
> windows, creates some postscript image files, then converts them to
> pdf files using the Ghostscript command ps2pdf.
>
> I need this script to run via cron without me being logged in, hence
> why I thought Xvnc would be solution. However, I cannot seem to figure
[snip]
> Does anyone have advice for a newbie? I am stuck.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> - Rob
Rob:
Why not just copy the file to the system from which U're running
vncviewer and run your perl script and gs there? The data being
exchanged between the viewer and the server is RFB protocol, not
PostScript or PDF ... unless U *want* to perl the RFB data, of
course.
Thx, Phil Long
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