Execute db connection

[sandy1028]

Hi, I have to execute DB connection after one hour of cp command is executed. How can I execute it without cron tab

`cp $file1 $file2`;
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###DB connection
# Statements 
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[Anonymous Monk]

sleep for an hour( 60 * 60)

[cdarke]

Or use the 'at' command, which is run by crond but does not require crontab - it runs jobs as a one-off. Or use Proc::Background.

[sandy1028]

For this file

#!/usr/bin/perl
$date = `date`;
print $date;

I had set the at command like this at -m 02:21 < date.pl But nothing got printed on the screen. How will I know that the job has been executed

[Anonymous Monk]

crond doesn't provide screens/terminals to watch