Does anyone know how to run a perl script at the starup of a Linux machine?
Nick

I figured it out.

To set up a perl script to run at startup every time the computer starts for every user, edit the /etc/bashrc file and add something like /public/scripts/myscript.pl where ever you want it.

To set up a perl script to run at startup every time a specific user logs in, edit the .bash_profile in the users home directory and add something like /public/scripts/myscript.pl where ever you want it.

If you want a script to run at a certain time, look into crontab, it works nicely for scheduling something.

Nick