Hi monks, I've got a problem that Im not sure how to go about solving as I've never done anything like this before.

Basically theres this script, MID_poc_constructor.pl, that when executed, produces a datafile.

I need to create a script to execute the above script, if done so successfully, it will create a Package File (pkf) and archive this somewhere.
On successful creation of the pkf it will execute $SCL_PERL_PATH/SCL_exp.pl which will construct a tar file for the Packaged datafile (i.e. the name of the pkf create should be input into the script).

Ive have a quick look and i cant seem to find any modules that provide a function to Package and tar files. Could anyone point me in the right direction or provide some code that will do the job?

Cheers everyone, Steve

In reply to package and tar file by Anonymous Monk

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