Re: How to read a file after a certain interval continuously

[muba]

in reply to How to read a file after a certain interval continuously

One of many approaches would be to do it like this:

my $interval = 60      * 5
#              seconds * minutes

my $run_when = time + $interval;

while (1) {
    # ...
    if (time - $run_when <= 0) {
        do_the_stuff;
        $run_when = time + $interval; 
    }
}