Making a system command work via a scheduled task.

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

This snippet of code works well if I run it from the command line, but does not output anything if I invoke it via a scheduled task. Any pointers as to what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated.

use strict;
use IO::File;
my @groups = qx/net localgroup/;
my $fhout = IO::File->new("g:\\iw-home\\scripts\\Test.txt", 'w');
foreach my $grp (@groups) {
    print $fhout $grp , "\n";
}
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Re: Making a system command work via a scheduled task. by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2012 at 10:12 UTC
1) you're not error checking ( `= IO::File-> ... or die "Uh oh $! ";` , see autodie ) 2) you're not checking the error logs ( "doesn't work" is not an error message ) "scheduled tasks" are much like crontab or CGI, a different environment, so you have to verify everything from paths to permissions -- you start by checking the logs checklists CGI Help Guide and Troubleshooting Perl CGI scripts Re: system command is not working scheduled task error log -> How to troubleshoot scheduled tasks in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Making a system command work via a scheduled task.
by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2012 at 10:12 UTC

1) you're not error checking ( = IO::File-> ... or die "Uh oh $! "; , see autodie ) 2) you're not checking the error logs ( "doesn't work" is not an error message )

"scheduled tasks" are much like crontab or CGI, a different environment, so you have to verify everything from paths to permissions -- you start by checking the logs

checklists CGI Help Guide and Troubleshooting Perl CGI scripts

Re: system command is not working

scheduled task error log -> How to troubleshoot scheduled tasks in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003

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