executing a script at a specific time

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, I would like to run a clean up script each day. Is it possible to set the script to run at say 8pm each and every Friday? Thanks

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Re: executing a script at a specific time by spurperl (Priest) on Jul 01, 2005 at 11:11 UTC
Yes, it is possible, and you don't need Perl for it. On Unixes look for `cron`. On Windows, you have System Tools -> Scheduled tasks.	[reply]
Re: executing a script at a specific time by polettix (Vicar) on Jul 01, 2005 at 11:14 UTC
In Unix, you can use `crontab` with something like: `0 20 * * fri /path/to/your/script.pl` [download] In Win32, you can either have a script that sleeps "the correct amount of time" before activating, then it goes to sleep again, or you could roll your own service with Win32::Daemon (note: it's outside CPAN). I'd prefer a third way: swap the OS :) Flavio perl -ple'$_=reverse' <<<ti.xittelop@oivalf Don't fool yourself.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: executing a script at a specific time by Ben Win Lue (Friar) on Jul 01, 2005 at 11:14 UTC
The easiest way to do this would be not in the perl-script, but to start the script as a cron-job in unix or via the scheduler in Windows XP.	[reply]
Re^2: executing a script at a specific time by Anonymous Monk on Jul 01, 2005 at 11:16 UTC
thanks for pointing me in the right direction	[reply]