my $path_to_file= "/tmp/foo.db";
my $result= {};
tie %$result, "DB_File", $path_to_file, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666, $DB_TREE or die "Error: $!";

##</code><code>##

# inittab
1:45:respawn:/path/start.sh

# start.sh
# deal with old log files and then
cd /proper_place
/proper_place/script.pl > /logs/stdout 2> /logs/stderr