Theuerkorn Johannes wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> i have a perl script that i have running from a cron Job. It usually opens
> every 4 hours. But sometimes it takes the script longer to execute its job
> so after cron opens up the perl script as usual, i have two perl jobs
> running. Is there any pos
> -Original Message-
> From: Theuerkorn Johannes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 30 September 2002 10:18
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: how to know weather perl script is already running?
>
>
> Hello List,
>
> i have a perl script that i have running from a cron Job. It
> us
There are two easy ways...
If your file creates a lock file when it starts and removes it when it
finishes, a chec to see if the file exists will tell you if the script is
already running./
On linux / unix systems do a ps and looks for any occurrances of your
script name. If there are more t
