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Run Perl Scripts as init.d (service RH)
Ok - so it appears I am doing something dumb then? ;) That does not suprise me... Can you suggest a better way of doing this to avoid problems down the line. I think the simplest way of putting my problem is that I want to be able to track the PID of a Perl script so I can restart it at set...- jimsngc
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- Forum: Linux (server)
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Run Perl Scripts as init.d (service RH)
Hi, Thanks for the tips - I will try these when I get to work in the morning. I'm running on RedHat so the init.d become a service for me. The reason I need to restart a service is simple - another service is logging and when it restarts the perl script 'looses' the log file it is following -...- jimsngc
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- Forum: Linux (server)
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Run Perl Scripts as init.d (service RH)
Hi, I am trying to run a perl script as an init.d process (So I can auto-restart/kill etc) but am having problems. Firstly, it seems to not want to include the normal perl modules and fails - runs just fine if I call the script manually? Secondly, I am not sure if the pid will write correctly...- jimsngc
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