Platform: Athlon 64, 1GB RAM OS: Win Xp Home Perl: ActivePerl 5.8.3
Guys, I would have thought this was a common issue but I can't find it in the archives.
To help track a network problem I wrote a small perl routine around ping. The idea is to run this every
hour and log some ping stats to a text file. I have a couple of problems with this that I think may be related-
1) When run successfully from the scheduler a blank console window pops up, even though I don't use
STDIN/STDOUT. I presume this is because perl.exe is defined as a command-line tool, but I'm not
aware of a way of running detached "daemon" scripts under XP to avoid opening a window.
2) The script doesn't run at all if I am not logged in, which rather defeats the object!
If there is no logged-in user, or it is another user (i.e. not me), the task scheduler
obvously tries to run the script, but it fails with exit code 0x80. I can't find a reference for these codes,
but i'm guessing it means that a task running under my name can't open a screen window unless I am
logged in. Sadly one of the many ways XP Home is crippled is that the scheduler seems to have some
diagnostic options missing by comparison with the XP Pro version.
Can someone point me to any of-
a) Hints on writing background (window-less) scripts under Win NT/XP.
c) A reference for XP Task exit codes.
Any tips/pointers/ideas gratefully received.
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