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Re: Triggering Perl Scripts

by diarmuid (Beadle)
on Apr 23, 2001 at 20:37 UTC ( [id://74759]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Triggering Perl Scripts

Put your perl script in a crontab job to check the ftp site and run it every minute or whatever. Get it to check the modification date and only update the file if it has changed.

I tried using a mkfifo but that was more messing than needed

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