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"Autorun for cgi"

Hi

Does anybody know if/ho I can get my perl cgi scripts to run automaticly, or at a set time/date or every hour. Instead of hen a form is submited to it?

Thanks in advance for any help..........

- Chris

Interesting ... thanks for that :o).

There is one ISP I know of which allows you to run cron processes, and that is Force9 (http://www.force9.co.uk).
With Force9, the cheapest account which allows access to the shell server is £4.99 a month, which is not bad considering what you get. It might just be possible, but messy, to have your PC at home connect to a server periodically to do something, you could for example use Linux, and run a cron process to dial up, manipulate whatever you want, and log off, every hour or whatever. If you have a permanent connection it is somewhat easier, but then running your own server would make sense, and old 486 would do if you were not running a GUI. Either way, if you really need to do this, and can commit a fairly modest expenditure, and some hard work, it can be done.

.. think I'll pass then. :o)

Thanks Andrew.

You need to modify the cron records on the server. This isn't possible on Freeola or on any other ISP I know of. The only way to do it is run your own server or have a co-location deal (about £500-600 a month).

Shame, but thanks anyway Turbo.

Erm, not really. I don't think it's possible.

How about now?? Anyone know??

Hi

Does anybody know if/ho I can get my perl cgi scripts to run automaticly, or at a set time/date or every hour. Instead of hen a form is submited to it?

Thanks in advance for any help..........

- Chris