i dont want any other program to trigger it i want it to trigger itself to run. is this possible? and if so, how??

Have it run as a cron job, or have a separate program run as a daemon and activate it when required.

I don't usually ask these things (mostly because I don't care) but I'm curious, could you explain what the purpose of the program is? I can't see this being for malicious purposes, because even the most primitive of script kiddies would realize the flaws in this approach. If it's just for experimentation, you should choose a less destructive task.

Look at this post's reputation and current replies, many have already made their ignorant judgements. If you provide some more information I can probably help you out, or at least suggest a more educational alternative.

Cheers.

P.S. A note to all those who worry about these things - take another look. If some primitive self-replicating Perl source can cause any damage whatsoever, much, much worse will happen. Focusing on false threats at the cost of research is what's causing so many of our current problems. So I suggest you all get a clue, or at least stop spreading blind FUD. Thanks.

In reply to Re: SelfChanging script! by Anonymous Monk
in thread SelfChanging script! by Nik

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