Re: Script heartbeat to show it is still running

This would likely be easier with POE, or if you fork and the child does the work letting the parent check the child's status and update your display... except you're on NT. Some status displays you might be interested in include Acme::Spinner, Term::Twiddle, Term::StatusBar & wget style progress bar

-- I'm not belgian but I play one on TV.

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Re^2: Script heartbeat to show it is still running by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jul 03, 2003 at 21:32 UTC
Tie::Cycle is another to add to the display list	[reply]
Re: Re^2: Script heartbeat to show it is still running by belg4mit (Prior) on Jul 03, 2003 at 22:18 UTC
Well sure, I suppose, but I doubt that's what it was intended for. ++ for reminding me of it though (I never could thiknk of a use for it myself. at least not one I wouldn't end up rolling my own for) `-- I'm not belgian but I play one on TV.`	[reply]