running server program from web site problem

[xiaoleiqq]

Hi,

I have a server program running that waits for files arrive and that program needs to be invoke from the web browser.
That waiting time might be up to couple hours, so I have my code as follow,
...
`perl -w wait.pl &`
...
which I think it will run (since I put a & there) but it turns out that is not the case, I think the program terminates as soon as I close the web-browser. (I have no way to check the process status of web-initial process).

Anything I did wrong or I did not aware of? Thanks.

 

[webamoeba]

Rather than keeping the script running, wouldn't you be better off with a CRON job?

 

[xiaoleiqq]

It probably will jump to the same problem when I start the Cron from the web-browser. I can't start Cron from the console since the script needs information from the browser.
In the script i use sleep for about 1 hour and check the existence of file,

 

[ishnid]

Why would you run cron from the web browser?

 

[xiaoleiqq]

From what I read about cron is: it schedule to run a script, but I need the information from web browser to run the script, so I feel like Cron is not what I need. Did I mistaken something here? I am not quite familiar with Cron