On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 12:52 +1000, James Turnbull wrote: > James Turnbull wrote: > > Hi > > > > Anyone know of a way to create a loop (or something similar) that > > automatically schedules the execution of a sub-routine periodically > > from within a program, for example execute check() every 600 seconds > > or the like? The program would be running as a daemon on the host. > > > Sorry - probably didn't make that clear: > > The mainline program is monitoring something - every x seconds I wish to > execute a subroutine from within the mainline and return to the mainline > after executing the subroutine to continue the monitoring. > > Regards > > James Turnbull
First question: are you running under M$ Windows or UNIX? Second question: does this periodic function relying on data of the main process? -- __END__ Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, --- Shawn "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." Aristotle * Perl tutorials at http://perlmonks.org/?node=Tutorials * A searchable perldoc is at http://perldoc.perl.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
