i have two scripts the first one reads from log files
(logs are created by a server i have no control over the logs creation its done periodically depending on the traffic) it splits the log data according to the time it was created and put it in four directories (one for each month - four months of data) then id deletes the initial log,
the second scripts reads these files and sorts them and then uploads it to a database then archives them.
the problem that im having is, in case while splitting the data for some reason if the script stops and it had to be started again. i need a way to start it without making duplicate log data for the once already created.
can anyone help me out on this please??
im new to perl so if someone can show me a example i would appropriate it.

In reply to file state management and recovery by Anonymous Monk

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