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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.

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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;

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    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
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      crond doesn't provide screens/terminals to watch
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        When I write to a file also it doesnot write.
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