On 8/8/07, Toddy Prawiraharjo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wrote a simple perl script to check some variables in SHOW STATUS in a
> mysql server. Now, how do I run it as a service/daemon?
> I want more flexibility than crontab which is based on time. Should I use
> sleep? Or is there any other alternative? Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Toddy Prawi

Search CPAN for Daemon, but it basically comes down to forking once or
twice, closing STDIN and STDOUT, doing some other house keeping, and
then running a loop with a sleep.

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