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<node id="841658" title="Re^4: exec() on Windows" created="2010-05-25 19:30:32" updated="2010-05-25 19:30:32">
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&lt;p&gt;Well, my script is actually a [mod://PAR::Packer]'s [mod://pp] generated exe file, installed with a shortcut icon in some operators' desktops. It collects some logs left by other running systems according to some manual schedules, cross all that info, generates a report in HTML format, and saves it in a shared file repository. The number of times it runs every day, depends on the weekday. As the reports must be kept, different names are used (adding the timestamp for example).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every night, one of the sysops has to check how the thing is going, and the fastest and simplest way for them is to double-click that icon and wait for the report to be displayed (instead of searching the repository for it as a second step).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt;Don't say it loud, but perl is not (officially) allowed in our systems, so we are hiding our scripts with [mod://PAR]&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt; ;-)&lt;/p&gt;
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