create a stand alone process?

[Leon333]

How do you create a stand alone process that opens a telnet connection every 5 or 10 minutes to check on something? I know how to use Net::Telnet and everything, but how do you make that program a stand alone process?

thanks, Leon

 

[JunkYardDog]

what os are you using, do you want it to sleep for 5-10 minutes or schedule it to run every 5-10 minutes, I think some more info would help

 

[Leon333]

Windows. Either sleep or wait; it doesn't matter.

 

[MikeLacey]

Search for how to install a Perl script as a Service in your windows documentation, assuming that you're running NT, W2k or WinXP that is. (you should tell us really Leon ) Mike
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