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mmcw2201
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Sep 10, 2002, 2:59 AM

Post #1 of 12 (10784 views)

Use of schedule::cron module	Can't Post

Someone told me to use the schedule::cron module when it is not possible to use cron. I did install the module but do not know how to use the module. What lines do I have to add to my perl script?

This is what I want:
I want to run every day at 08.00 the perl script: www.test.com/cgi-bin/test.pl?action=test.

Optional I want to read the time and to excecute program from a file ( like in the real cron)

How to do that with the schedule::cron module.
I did read the documentation but I stiil do not kown what to do?

thebitch
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Sep 10, 2002, 4:03 AM

Post #2 of 12 (10782 views)

Re: [mmcw2201] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

http://www.test.com/cgi-bin/test.pl?action=test

is not a mere perl script.

It's a server application, and as such, you cannot run it.

You need to execute a program on your machine
to make a GET HTTP Request to that URL,
like a web browser would.

you can do this from perl by using LWP,
and in particular the commandline utility GET
that comes with it

As for Schedule::Crong,
all you need to know is contained in the pod

http://search.cpan.org/author/ROLAND/Schedule-Cron-0.05/Cron.pm

davorg
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Sep 10, 2002, 5:29 AM

Post #3 of 12 (10781 views)

Re: [mmcw2201] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

I've not used the module myself, but the documentation seemed clear and detailed.

What part where you having trouble with?

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(This post was edited by davorg on Sep 10, 2002, 8:00 AM)

mmcw2201
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Sep 10, 2002, 7:30 AM

Post #4 of 12 (10778 views)

Re: [davorg] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

I have tried something like this:

use Schedule::Cron;

my $dispatcher = sub {
print "\n";
print "ID: ",shift,"\n";
print "Args: ","@_","\n";
};

sub update_currency {
# do something...
do "http://www.test.com/cgi-bin/ShopSecure/shop_admin.cgi?action=update_correction&use_cron=1";
}

my $cron = new Schedule::Cron($dispatcher);

$cron->add_entry("0-59/10 * * * *",\&update_currency);

# Run scheduler
$cron->run();

But this will not run the do command! I want to run every 10 minutes the sript given in the do command. Wat am I doing wrong and how to make it work!

mmcw2201
User

Sep 10, 2002, 7:32 AM

Post #5 of 12 (10777 views)

Re: [thebitch] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

Could you help me a little bitt further:

I nwo tried this:

use Schedule::Cron;

my $dispatcher = sub {
print "\n";
print "ID: ",shift,"\n";
print "Args: ","@_","\n";
};

sub update_currency {
# do something...
do "http://www.test.com/cgi-bin/ShopSecure/shop_admin.cgi?action=update_correction&use_cron=1";
}

my $cron = new Schedule::Cron($dispatcher);

$cron->add_entry("0-59/10 * * * *",\&update_currency);

# Run scheduler
$cron->run();

This without success! How to make it work?

mmcw2201
User

Sep 10, 2002, 9:43 AM

Post #6 of 12 (10772 views)

Re: [thebitch] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

thebitch:

The program I want to start is at my own server!

the path is/path/to my/server/cgi-bin/test.pl.

mmcw2201
User

Sep 12, 2002, 11:24 PM

Post #7 of 12 (10767 views)

Re: [davorg] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

Davorg or The Bitch or someone else:

Can you help me with my problem?

Paul
Enthusiast

Sep 13, 2002, 3:52 AM

Post #8 of 12 (10757 views)

Re: [mmcw2201] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

Please continue your posts here.

Quote

Does anyone know (and is working with) the module schedule::cron?

My provider will not allow me to use crontabs. That's why I want to use schedule::cron. I read the documentation and tested a few thing but all without success!

This is what I want:

I want to start every day at 08.00 the following perl script: www.test.com/cgi-bin/test.pl?action=do.

How to set this up?

Also I read it should be possible to check what processes are started by schedule::cron. How to check that?

How to stop a schedule::cron task (or stop all started schedule::cron tasks?

Michel

(This post was edited by RedRum on Sep 13, 2002, 3:52 AM)

thebitch
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Sep 13, 2002, 4:32 AM

Post #9 of 12 (10750 views)

Re: [mmcw2201] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

please use [code][/code] tags when posting code.

now, read perldoc -f do.

do does not do what you want

if the script is on your server,
then why are you typing a http://blah....?

If you do that, then it's like it's not on your server

if you're gonna persist with the http://
you'll need to use LWP::Simple::get (or something from LWP).

It looks like what you really want is
system or exec, as in

Code

exec('/full/path/to/cgi-bin/ShopSecure/shop_admin.cgi...')

But i'm not quite sure that's true, cause I know nothing about shop_admin (it's either one or the other)

perldoc is your friend ;)

mmcw2201
User

Sep 13, 2002, 10:41 AM

Post #10 of 12 (10743 views)

Re: [thebitch] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

I have the following code:

I simple uploaded the cron.pm file to a Sub dir called Schedule to the directory '/home/cgi-bin/Shop/Modules'.

Code

   
 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w  
 
use lib '/home/cgi-bin/Shop/Modules'; 
use Schedule::Cron;  
 
my $dispatcher = sub { 
 exec('/home/cgi-bin/ShopSecure/shop_admin.cgi?action=update_correction&use_cron=1'); 
};  
 
my $cron = new Schedule::Cron($dispatcher);  
 
$cron->clean_timetable();  
 
# Trie to run the script every ten minutes. 
$cron->add_entry("0-59/10 * * * *"); 
$cron->run;   
 
1;

You can see it at:

http://m-scripts.hypermart.net/cgi-bin/Shop/cron.pl

However the scripts starts and waits a long time after it will stop.

Nothing happens and the shop_admin.pl script will not start!

What am I doing wrong. I am using a free hypermart server! Can it be that it isn't possible to run this script/ module there?

mmcw2201
User

Sep 13, 2002, 10:45 AM

Post #11 of 12 (10742 views)

Re: [thebitch] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

I get at the end the following error

/home/cgi-bin/ShopSecure/shop_admin.cgi?action=update_correction: not found

However when I test for the existens of the file by using:

print "wwwwwwwwwwww" if -e '/home/cgi-bin/ShopSecure/shop_admin.cgi';

it does find the file (it prints wwwwwwwwwwww)?????

mmcw2201
User

Sep 13, 2002, 10:52 AM

Post #12 of 12 (10741 views)

Re: [thebitch] Use of schedule::cron module [In reply to]	Can't Post

I tried it once moer and got a lot of errors in my error log:

Code

 MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in malloc(): warning: recursive call. 
Out of memory! 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in malloc(): warning: recursive call. 
Out of memory! 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call. 
MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in free(): warning: recursive call.etc........... MainLoop - next: Fri Sep 13 10:50:00 2002 in malloc(): warning: recursive call.Out of memory!

What does that mean?

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