Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-14 Thread Anthony R. Nemmer
And here I am still limping along with Win 98 SE. Win 98 SE FOREVER!! =D Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've got to say this since I fix PCs for a living do the smart thing use Linux. XP Pro is only slightly better than home. Offers some features home doesn't not sure if there are any i

Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-14 Thread pmalcher
Hi, I've got to say this since I fix PCs for a living do the smart thing use Linux. XP Pro is only slightly better than home. Offers some features home doesn't not sure if there are any in the networking arena. It winds down to what you need and what floats your boat, XP PRO is a ways better th

Re: Invoking perl scripts automatically based on time of day

2005-12-14 Thread Lawrence Q. Pulaski
Winders has "at" that'll do it. Larry On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, pDale wrote: On 12/14/05, Mittal, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a way in Perl to invoke a set of Database related perl scripts at certain times of day regularly? Unix/Linux has "cron". Windows has "Task Sc

Re: Best ways to find time/date differences

2005-12-14 Thread $Bill Luebkert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > thank you for the clarification. I was under the impression GMT and + > were identical but that UTC meant it had the UTC offset in order to allow > someone from another place to understand without looking up an acronym, > which they may not find.I'm not sure how i

Re: Invoking perl scripts automatically based on time of day

2005-12-14 Thread pDale
On 12/14/05, Mittal, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a way in Perl to invoke a set of Database related perl > scripts at certain times of day regularly? Unix/Linux has "cron". Windows has "Task Scheduleder". -- pDale Campbell "All of the birds are laughing! C'mon, let

Re: Invoking perl scripts automatically based on time of day

2005-12-14 Thread Anthony R. Nemmer
cron !? =) Hmm, looks like cygwin has a /usr/sbin/cron.exe Tony Mittal, Manish wrote: Hi Perl gurus, Is there a way in Perl to invoke a set of Database related perl scripts at certain times of day regularly? Could any one direct me to locate a good resource or provi

Re: Invoking perl scripts automatically based on time of day

2005-12-14 Thread kjw
On 14/12/05, Mittal, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Perl gurus, > > Is there a way in Perl to invoke a set of Database related perl > scripts at certain times of day regularly? > > Could any one direct me to locate a good resource or provide a > snippet of code for

Invoking perl scripts automatically based on time of day

2005-12-14 Thread Mittal, Manish
Hi Perl gurus,     Is there a way in Perl to invoke a set of Database related perl scripts at certain times of day regularly?     Could any one direct me to locate a good resource or provide a snippet of code for the above?   Thank you Manish  

Re: Passing arguments by value

2005-12-14 Thread Dr.Ruud
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary [...] Switch off the HTML, and stop top-posting and cross-posting. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." ___ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubs

Re: Best ways to find time/date differences

2005-12-14 Thread JPerlmutter
> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:16:37 -0800 (PST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Best ways to find time/date differences > To: activeperl@listserv.ActiveState.com > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Bill- > >

Re: Passing arguments by value

2005-12-14 Thread Deane . Rothenmaier
Exceptions always prove rules.  Your assertions are correct, but the basic principle still holds.  I guess what I was referring to in my response was willy-nilly mods to externals/arguments that *are* returnable. Like everything else in coding, it's a judgment call; some feline-flensing methods

Re: Passing arguments by value

2005-12-14 Thread Deane . Rothenmaier
While it may be true that Perl "doesn't care" how we write our code, it's still a GOOD idea to follow good coding practices--unless you're writing JSC (Job Security Code), which could always turn around and bite YOU six months down the road.    B-> Deane "John W. Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTE