Re^2: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7

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Re^3: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 27, 2011 at 08:20 UTC
I would guess that they only schedule elements whose extension is listed in `$ENV{PATHEXT}`. It's not hard to create an "universal" Perl launcher: `@echo off setlocal perl -w "%~dpn0.pl" %` [download] Put this file as a `.cmd` right where your Perl script is: `Directory of Q:\ 27.07.2011 10:18 50 tmp.cmd 27.07.2011 09:01 962 tmp.pl` [download] ... and you can run your Perl script without changing the extension. So far I haven't tested whether shell redirection works with this approach, so you still might need to modify PATHEXT for that. Update*: I forgot to mention Schedule::Cron, which does duty as a cron replacement since about 8 years or so on Windows for me.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 27, 2011 at 08:31 UTC
can only schedule ... batch files ... not Perl files So wrap the perl file in a batch file. Is it too complicated? How about two lines (and one's a comment! :) `rem yourapp.bat \path\to\your\perl.exe \path\to\yourapp.pl %*` [download] 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.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by mkhan (Sexton) on Jul 27, 2011 at 09:44 UTC
Wow, some good suggestions there. Pardon my ignorance as I'm relatively new to this stuff. I notice that when the scheduler kickstarts my .pl file, It immediately ends with "End of Program". Surprisingly, even if I do this: `C:\>perl C:\Perl64\bin\tap.pl End of program` [download] i.e. try to run by giving the absolute path from C:\ on my cmd prompt, it shows the same thing "End of Program". If I go to the directory containing tap.pl, however, i.e. (C:\Perl64\bin) and THEN run just tap.pl, it runs properly. Could someone clarify what's going on? Why does the script not run when I enter the Entire path? It doesn't run even if I do a "perl C:\Perl64\bin\tap.pl"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 27, 2011 at 09:46 UTC
Most likely, your program ("`tap.pl`") depends on getting launched with the current directory being `C:\Perl64\bin`. You could try to debug this by launching it with the full path from the directory: `cd C:\Perl64\bin perl -w C:\Perl64\bin\tap.pl` [download] If the program expects to be launched from that directory, either change it or launch it from that direcctory.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by mkhan (Sexton) on Jul 27, 2011 at 10:16 UTC
Re^3: Win32::Taskscheduler failed to install on win7 by Anonymous Monk on Jul 27, 2011 at 08:20 UTC
can only schedule Windows EXE or batch files to run and not Perl files. pl2bat makes perl files into batchfiles in a jiffy IIRC, I don't believe this is the case, like everything, it depends on ftype/assoc and pathext/path -- it is basically like double-clicking a file	[reply]