use File::Tail;
use win32::OLE qw(in);
  $file=File::Tail->new("E:\\mibor_timingtest\\mibor\\output.txt");
  while (defined($line=$file->read)) {
      print "$line";
  }

  use File::Tail;
  $file=File::Tail->new(name=>$name, maxinterval=>300, adjustafter=>7);
  while (defined($line=$file->read)) {
      open(OUT ">>", "c:\\test.txt");
      print(OUT "$line");

  }

sub_do_something{
use win32::OLE qw(in);

$search="stuff2searchfor";

open(OUT, "c:\\test.txt");
my @array=<INFO>;
close (INFO);
foreach $line(@array){
if ($line =~ /$search/)
{
print "found $line";
sendmail_call_here..to send alert
}