Hrm - I'm working on getting a site update site (kinda meta, eh?) up. the basic update code utilizes lynx to check the sites for updates and writes to a flat text file.

I'm using cron to run the script once an hour. Even though there are no errors when running the update script from the console, I have no problem, I get the following email sent to me once an hour...

From: root (Cron Daemon)
To: watch
Subject: Cron <watch@stanthony> /home/watch/www/update.pl
Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default.

anyone know of any issues between cron and perl, or utilizing lynx? 's all very odd.

In reply to cron/perl? by Anonymous Monk

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