I've written a script to read the Windows event logs and write the results to a MySQL database. I'm currently using Win32::Daemon::Simple to run it as a service, polling the logs every 15 minutes. However, I'm wondering if this is the best method to use. It would appear to be simpler to put my polling code in a continuous loop with a sleep() command at the end and install the compiled app as a service using SVCANY.EXE from the Windows Resource Kit. What are the relative advantages/disadvantages of the two methods?
Also, I intend to develop similar scripts to poll other logs (syslog, Apache) on Linux. I think it would be easier to create (and maintain) the scripts if the basic code was platform independent. I've seen mention of using Proc::Background. How would this fit in with what I am trying to do? Thanks, Jim _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
