Re: Problem with script not terminating under Windows XP

If this is meant to be a long-running background script, perhaps you should implement it as a Windows service using Win32::Daemon. Once your app is registered with Windows as a Service, it will receive a ServiceStop() request during shutdown, which you then handle appropriately.

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Re^2: Problem with script not terminating under Windows XP by biochris (Beadle) on Sep 19, 2005 at 20:05 UTC
Good point. Thanks :)	[reply]