Task scheduler failed to run .pl scripts but not .bat

[new2unix]

Hi,

I set up a Perl script to run once a day by Windows 2003 Task Scheduler for a long time and it has been working until several days ago. Server administor claimed nothing had changed and finally offered a workaround by running the script from a .bat file and create a new task schedule to run this .bat file. It worked. Can anyone speculate what might have happened to cause the original schedule job to fail to run the script directly? The script extension is still associated with ActivePerl to be run directly from the command line.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[tubbaguts]

is the account used to the the scheduled perl script the samer one that was used to to run the .bat file? Check the task scheduler log. It may give some insight as to hy it is failing as well.