Win32 Resources?

pileofrogs has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, ye monks so monkful..

I'm a unix guy and I need to port an existing script to Windows. Can anyone point me to good info on perl for windows from a unix perspective?

I'm specifically interested in Windows equivalents for:

Sys::Syslog - logging
POSIX::nice() - make process a lower priority
POSIX::setuid() - change current user
BSD::Resource - cap resources available to process
getpwuid() and friends - whats my UID, user name etc...
process listings - I run ps in unix and parse the output
...?..

Thanks!
-Pileofrogs

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Re: Win32 Resources? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 16, 2008 at 18:00 UTC
Win32::EventLog::Carp Win32::Process`::SetPriorityClass` (and much more). Win32::AdminMisc`::LogonAsUser()` and/or `CreateProcessAsUser()` (+more). I think you need windows 2000 or Terminal Server to cap memory or cpu resources on a per process basis. Specifically, you need WSRM command line tool or MMC plugin. Win32::Process::User Win32::Process::Info or Win2::Process::List. Access control lists, User profiles, Roaming profiles...? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Win32 Resources? by pileofrogs (Priest) on Jun 20, 2008 at 15:43 UTC
Awesome! ++	[reply]
Re: Win32 Resources? by beryan (Scribe) on Jun 16, 2008 at 21:05 UTC
Have you tried Activestate Perl? They have a very interesting distribution specially baked for windows users, maybe you can find any interesting there.	[reply]
Re^2: Win32 Resources? by jeepj (Scribe) on Jun 18, 2008 at 06:43 UTC
I am using Activestate Perl 5.10, and I'm very pleased with it. The only problem is that some CPAN modules are not available on the Activestate repositotory, and I've found an interesting alternative source for some of them : http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/ For process management, I find that the difference between Unix and windows is very important, and you can't apply what you do on Unix directly on windows You could have a look to Win32::PerfLib	[reply]
Re^3: Win32 Resources? by pileofrogs (Priest) on Jun 20, 2008 at 15:42 UTC
I was planning on using Activestate Perl, but I don't really know anything special about it. Thanks for the link to the CPAN PPM repo! Re process management, do you know any good resources that might describe the difference between unix and windows for someone with a unix perspective? This is exactly the kind of thing I'm worried about. Thanks!,	[reply]
Re^4: Win32 Resources? by jeepj (Scribe) on Jun 23, 2008 at 08:35 UTC