BrowserUk,
Here is an idea of what I am talking about (actual code is at home): 
#!/usr/bin/perl
BEGIN {
    open(STDERR, '>', 'C:/app_name/err.log' or die $!;
    select STDERR;
    $| = 1; # un-necessary, I know
    print STDERR "hello world\n";
}
use lib 'C:/app_name';
use strict;
use warnings;
use My::App;

my $app = My::App->new(cfg => 'C:/app_name/app.cfg') or die "Didn't ge
+t past this point\n";

print STDERR "Ok, got here\n";

while ($app->run_ok) {
    print STDERR "Inside while loop\n";
    $app->do_things();
    $app->rest_for_a_while();
}
print STDERR "finishing up now\n";

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When I start the service, the err.log file is created but is 0 bytes. After 5 minutes or so, I stop the service and the following output shows up in the err.log file (hello world and Ok, Got here)

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re^5: Turn a perl script into a Win32 Service by Limbic~Region
in thread Turn a perl script into a Win32 Service by Limbic~Region

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