Ok, so this would suffice:

#shut off website...
my $_sleepTime = (60 * 5);
my $_notifyTime = time() + (60 * 60);
my $_maxTime = time() + (60 * 60 * 6);
until($dbh->selectrow_array(qq{select `value` from `pagevars` where `n
+ame` = "eom_process"}) eq "ready") {
$dbh->disconnect();
sleep($_sleepTime);
$dbh = RWC::Sess::connect();
  if(time() >= $_notifyTime) {
   # Send an email notifying of still not running...
   $_notifyTime = time() + (60 * 60);# Reset timer
  }
  if(time() >= $_maxTime) {
    # Send notice of final disconnection and exiting
    # to manually fix... send this notice to my cell
    # phone to alarm me

    # Disconnect from database....  if connected
    if($dbh) {
      $dbh->disconnect();
    }

    exit;
  }
}

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that makes logical sense... so while it is sleeping it does not use any memory right? what if it does take all that time everytime it starts again does it keep building upon the memory it had and then get larger and larger? or does the disconnecting from the database reduce the memory on the fly, even before perl is exited?

thanks again,
Richard

In reply to Re^2: automating a task by Anonymous Monk
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