#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use LWP::Simple; BEGIN { use vars qw($VERSION $PID); $VERSION = '0.01'; $PID = "/var/run/test.pid"; # create our running pid file open PID, "> $PID"; print PID $$; close PID; # check we are the latest version my $content = get("http://www.someurl.com/software/$0"); die "Couldn't get it!" unless defined $content; # can we eval $content to get $VERSION? $SERVER_VERSION = 0; print "Server version: $SERVER_VERSION\n"; print "Local version: $VERSION\n"; } # end-begin # cleaning up END { `rm -f /$PID`; } # end-end exit;