Perl scripting in Advanced Task Scheduler
With Advanced Task Scheduler, you can run a Perl script right from a scheduled task. The script will be passed to the interpreter, and output will appear in the task's execution log when the script completes execution.
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Getting Perl version
The script below displays current Perl version to the task execution log:
Current task's arguments
The script below displays the %advscheduler hash variable to the task execution log:
Load code from external files
The script below runs Perl code from the filename.pl file:
Commander features
Perl script can call some Advanced Task Scheduler features via the Command line tool. The example below demonstrates how to send an e-mail message to a GMail address:
Where $commander is file name and path to the Command line tool: advscheduler_commander.exe, advscheduler_procmd.exe (Professional Edition) or advscheduler_netcmd.exe (Network Edition). Command line described in the Command line tool topic.
Categories: Shortcut type, Task scheduler
If you want to run a basic Perl script, which does not require additional modules, consider this Compact Portable Perl for Windows. This is a regular Perl built from original sources and packed into a single executable file. The packed executable is a lightweight all-in-one Perl interpreter, which includes a virtual file system that works like a read-only RAM-disk. Perl includes all standard modules, excluding CPAN module, which can’t work with this portable Perl.