Re: Re: cron/perl interaction gotchas i am missing?

i can't post the whole script (passwords, IPs and overall shame), but here're the basics:

@locations = qw/1 8 9/;

foreach $loc (@locations)
{
   $dir = getDir($store);
   $url = getUrl($store);

   chdir($dir);

   Log("starting retrieval of '$url' to file '$dir/$fn'");

   system("wget --timeout=180 $url");
}
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...and as i said, it does finish the first wget perfectly...

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Re: Re: Re: cron/perl interaction gotchas i am missing? by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 30, 2004 at 13:21 UTC
How are you sure that `wget` as finished and the `wget` process has terminated? I recommend using the logging options of `wget` plus adding some logging/syslog output to your Perl script as well - `print` statements should also be enough, as `cron`mails those to you. `perl -MHTTP::Daemon -MHTTP::Response -MLWP::Simple -e ' ; # The $d = new HTTP::Daemon and fork and getprint $d->url and exit;#spider ($c = $d->accept())->get_request(); $c->send_response( new #in the HTTP::Response(200,$_,$_,qq(Just another Perl hacker\n))); ' # web` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: cron/perl interaction gotchas i am missing? by schweini (Friar) on Jan 30, 2004 at 13:31 UTC
How are you sure that wget as finished and the wget process has terminated? because the first file (from store 1) is exactly where it's supposed to be. i do use basic logging in my script (see above), but after the first wget, i don't get anything.... (and running the script manually works splendid, so i think i didn't mess up URLs and such)	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: cron/perl interaction gotchas i am missing? by exussum0 (Vicar) on Jan 30, 2004 at 13:31 UTC
I'm guessing it's your second url that's the problem. Have you tried simply using the first url more than once to see if it's not a problem between the cron'd machine and the target? Play that funky music white boy..	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: cron/perl interaction gotchas i am missing? by schweini (Friar) on Jan 30, 2004 at 13:45 UTC
...but some logging i try to do after the first wget, and before the next iteration never get done, and in a terminal it all runs fine, and the urls are completely enviroment-independant....	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: cron/perl interaction gotchas i am missing? by schweini (Friar) on Jan 30, 2004 at 17:22 UTC
just wondering...why could this one have gotten a -- ? XP isn't (that) important to me, but i find this curious...	[reply]