> Mark Knoop wrote: >> Hi >> >> Is there any kind of Perl scheduling module/system which will allow me to >> abstract the scheduling from the tasks to be done? I need it to be fairly >> flexible to allow the setting up of any kind of time based scheduling >> profile. I am working on a Windows system so don't have the luxury of >> cron and would like to be able to register new tasks with different >> scheduling profiles programmatically. > As usual, visiting CPAN (http://search.cpan.org/) and searching for > 'scheduler' yields interesting results; Schedule::Cron seems to be one, > but perhaps you'd be more interested in Win32::TaskScheduler. Depends on > your ultimate needs - there are many others that may be suitable. The > win32 one is basically an API to the fairly capable task scheduler in > Windows (so you *do* have the 'luxury' even though it doesn't go under the > name of 'cron'). > > HTH, > > ken1 > Thanks for your input. I did have a look at the Schedule::Cron module but it seems that everything has to be called from the same program which is not ideal, although it does make it easier to add tasks dynamically than cron itself which is a bonus. I may yet find a use for this...
I have relied on the Windows task scheduler before to my cost. Rather than just search on CPAN I would be interested if anyone had any recommendations (as I asked originally)... it seems too common a requirement for there not to be a Template::Toolkit style de facto standard! Mark _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
