Execute db connection

sandy1028 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I have to execute DB connection after one hour of cp command is executed. How can I execute it without cron tab

`cp $file1 $file2`;
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Re: Execute db connection by Anonymous Monk on May 06, 2009 at 11:11 UTC
sleep for an hour( 60 * 60)	[reply]
Re: Execute db connection by cdarke (Prior) on May 06, 2009 at 13:51 UTC
Or use the 'at' command, which is run by crond but does not require crontab - it runs jobs as a one-off. Or use Proc::Background.	[reply]
Re^2: Execute db connection by sandy1028 (Sexton) on May 07, 2009 at 09:24 UTC
For this file #!/usr/bin/perl $date = `date`; print $date; [download] I had set the at command like this at -m 02:21 < date.pl But nothing got printed on the screen. How will I know that the job has been executed	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Execute db connection by Anonymous Monk on May 07, 2009 at 09:35 UTC
crond doesn't provide screens/terminals to watch	[reply]
Re^4: Execute db connection by sandy1028 (Sexton) on May 07, 2009 at 09:44 UTC
Re^5: Execute db connection by Anonymous Monk on May 07, 2009 at 10:05 UTC