timed ^C executing

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I am not a programmer, but an EE who uses PERL. My question is this: I have a simulation software that I run. Every now and then, its' license server stopps the software. I have to press ^C and then write to the console "cont\n", the simulation is then resumed. What I need is a perl script to run the software, as a filehandle, perhaps. I need it to count for 20 minutes and every 20 minutes, to generate a ^C and cont\n into the terminal, and to auto-resume the run. The script should stop as soon as the simulation process is stopped. I run the simulation via a terminal on a linux station. Thank you very much.

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Re: timed ^C executing by Joost (Canon) on Dec 25, 2003 at 17:24 UTC
The functions "kill", "sleep" and "system" are described in perlfunc ("perldoc perlfunc" on your system), and should help you get started. Feel free to ask for assistance with debugging the code if you've actually written some. HTH, Joost. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re: timed ^C executing by pg (Canon) on Dec 25, 2003 at 21:38 UTC
A good choice is to use a Perl script to control your simulator through PIPE, so that the Perl script can send "cont" command to your simulator. Real perl ipc doc for details.	[reply]
Re: timed ^C executing by CountZero (Bishop) on Dec 26, 2003 at 09:50 UTC
Another solution is perhaps to buy a better license which does not nags you every 20 minutes. CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]