Re: Queue Suggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Jeff Westman
Rob, I think you're right. I think the idea would be to have the server name next-to-be-processed append to the file, then the next step call a single separate script (start it if not already running, otherwise simpley "wait") that would lock the "control file", and this script would be the singl

Re: Queue Suggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Rob Dixon
Jeff Westman wrote: > I'm posed with a problem, looking for suggestions for possible resolution. I > have a script that has many steps in it, including telnet & ftp sessions, > database unloads, and other routines. This script will run on a server, > accessing a remote server. This works fine.

Re: Queue Suggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Jeff Westman wrote: I'm posed with a problem, looking for suggestions for possible resolution. I have a script that has many steps in it, including telnet & ftp sessions, database unloads, and other routines. This script will run on a server, accessing a remote server. This works fine. I will l

Re: Queue Suggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Stefan Lidman
Hello, maybe you can use flock perldoc -f flock I have never used this and dont know if it works in your case. /Stefan > I'm posed with a problem, looking for suggestions for possible resolution. I > have a script that has many steps in it, including telnet & ftp sessions, > database unloads,

Queue Suggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Jeff Westman
I'm posed with a problem, looking for suggestions for possible resolution. I have a script that has many steps in it, including telnet & ftp sessions, database unloads, and other routines. This script will run on a server, accessing a remote server. This works fine. I will likely have several d