1. Who starts the application and when?
  2. Does the app continue to run if the user logs off?
  3. What about when another user logs on?
  4. Does the user need (or would it be useful for them to), interact with the app on occasion?

For entirely unattended, background operations, start at boot and continue regardless of user, Win32::Daemon is probably the way to go though there is some learning curve involved. You have to understand the modes of operation for windows services and how to control and interact with them. Also, Jan Krynicky's Win32::Daemon::Simple is easier to get started with.

If the user needs to interact with the app, either by querying it or configuring it, or if the app should only run for a specific user, then Win32::SysTray may be a more appropriate way to go.

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In reply to Re: Long running Perl scripts (on purpose) by BrowserUk
in thread Long running Perl scripts (on purpose) by kansaschuck

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