NAME cron - clock daemon SYNOPSIS /usr/sbin/cron DESCRIPTION The cron command starts a process that executes commands at specified dates and times. Regularly scheduled commands can be specified according to instructions found in crontab files in the directory /var/spool/cron/crontabs. Users can submit their own crontab file using the crontab(1) command. Commands which are to be executed only once may be submitted using the at(1) command. #### if ($cmd eq 'reload') { my $child = fork (); if ($child) { print "Reloading...\n"; exec ('perl script.pl'); exit 1; } else { exit 1; } }