Ok heres what I updated it to.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use DBI;
use File::Tail;
use POSIX();

our $bWin;

BEGIN {
    $bWin = ($^O eq "MSWin32") ? 1 : 0;
}

Loop();

sub Loop {
    print "Updating Server Log -> DB\n";
    Update_DB_Actions();
}
sub Update_DB_Actions {
    my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:database=arma3;host=localhost','
+root','root') || die "Could not connect to database: $DBI::errstr";
    my $filename = POSIX::strftime('ServerLog(%m-%d-%Y).log', localtim
+e );
    my $log = "D:\\ServerTools\\Logs\\$filename";
    my $qu_re1 = q{(.?) started server @ (\d+):(\d+):(\d+)};
    my $qu_re2 = q{(.?) restarted server @ (\d+):(\d+):(\d+)};
    my $qu_re3 = q{(.?) stopped server @ (\d+):(\d+):(\d+)};

    my $file = File::Tail->new(name=>$log);
    while(defined($line=$log->read)) {
        my $sql = "INSERT INTO `actions` (log) VALUES (?)";
        $insa = $dbh->prepare($sql) or die $!;
        if($line =~ /$qu_re1/i || /$qu_re2/i || /$qu_re3/i) {
            $insa->execute($line);
            print "Inserted Action!\n";
        }
    }
    unlink $log;
}
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But now I get a new error.

Can't locate object method "read" via package "D:\ServerTools\Logs\Ser
+verLog(07-
06-2013).log" (perhaps you forgot to load "D:\ServerTools\Logs\ServerL
+og(07-06-2
013).log"?) at script.pl line 112.
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Your File::Tail object is referred to using $file. The variable $log probably doesn't refer to a File::Tail object. use strict 'vars'; would probably catch also catch that $line hasn't been pre-declared, unless you're declaring $line at a broader scope and not showing us.

Updated to reflect that it's $log that is being misused, not $line.




Dave

my $log = "D:\\ServerTools\\Logs\\ $filename";
my $file = File::Tail->new(name=> $log );
while(defined($line= $log->read)) {

Well, $log is a filename (a string), $file is a File::Tail object, but you try to read from $log

Maybe you want

$filename = "$directory\\$filename";
my $log = File::Tail->new( name=> $filename );
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Its easier to keep track of what each variable represents if you use meaningful variable names

$log_filename , $log_filetail, $logreader, $coffebreak