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Question about the "top" command line when using cron perl scripts
Hi, How do I get top to display the name of the file being interpreted rather than it just dislpaying perl under the command field? The cron files are making system calls to perl system perl somefile.pl or ./somefile.pl -
Postgres error when calling from a cron file
Hi guys I am running a cron file which calls a perl script. When I run the perl script from the command line it executes with no errors. But when postgres runs the cron file it gets an error. This is what my cron file looks like when it calls the perl file 10 * * * * root /folderpath/file.pl... -
system call and unwanted spaces.
Hi I have looked at this forum http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=820657 I am trying to make a system call to a perl program from another perl program. The program which is being called takes two numbers as its parameters. The first of which is a number read in from a text file ie... -
Question about using kill to stop a process.
Hi, perl newbie here. I need some help with how to use "kill" properly in perl. I have looked at other forum posts but I wasn't to sure about how to use them in my program. I have an array called @piddatta which reads in active process numbers from a pid file. I am using a loop in my main... -
Postgres time stamp calculations
Hi perl, newbie here, I am working on a legacy system which has been developed in perl and postgres. I am trying to get time stamp values from the db and use them for calculations. I do the appropriate select * from table name, and then bind the values of the columns to perl variables. The...
