1. Thanks for the help.
2. The task scheduler won't eternally loop for me. I'm on win2k server and there's just no option like that. Task scheduling in windows is terrible in so many ways I could write a book about the surprises I've encountered attempting to use it.
3. File::Tail wouldn't work for me. I don't know/remember why but I started with that and I just moved on after banging my head against the wall.
I'm going to try the error code in the post below.
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