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*(astrisk) before function
Sorry if this is a newb question but i have looked and looked and cannot figure out what an *(astrisk) before a function call is used for. For example, I am looking at writing a service and am using PerlSvc package from activestate. To continue your servie running you can call *ContinueRun... -
Perl Service to monitor a user login
it would be for windows xp clients. if i cannot monitor some thread then worse case i was thinking of using the service to check that a script is setup for "all users" startup folder that would call an interactive portion of the services exe. Id rather be able to do it all through the service... -
Perl Service to monitor a user login
I was wondering if it is possible to have a perl script running as a service that can detect a user login. Is there some event trigger or sink it can monitor to detect when a user has logged in? I need to run a script as a service and then execute its tasks when a user logs in.
