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sleep &nbsp;60*(60-(localtime)[1]);
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I can't have a sleep because my function is already looping. &nbsp;I just want it to check inside the loop if it is 1 hr after the program started. &nbsp;If it is, call a page, reset the timer and check each loop until 1 more hour goes by.
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I can't have a sleep because my function is already looping.  I just want it to check inside the loop if it is 1 hr after the program started.  If it is, call a page, reset the timer and check each loop until 1 more hour goes by.

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Thanks a lot, it worked well, but what does that ^ mean?<br />
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I tried googling it, but it must get stripped out.
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Thanks a lot, it worked well, but what does that ^ mean?

I tried googling it, but it must get stripped out.

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perldoc perlvar<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;$BASETIME<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;$^T &nbsp; &nbsp; The time at which the program began running, in seconds since<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;the epoch (beginning of 1970). &nbsp;The values returned by the -M,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;-A, and -C filetests are based on this value.<br />

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perldoc perlvar
       $BASETIME
       $^T     The time at which the program began running, in seconds since
               the epoch (beginning of 1970).  The values returned by the -M,
               -A, and -C filetests are based on this value.


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I have a loop in perl which pretty much goes forever. &nbsp;I have a sleep in this function, which also gets a webpage, so I don't really know how long each loop takes. &nbsp;I would like my script to call a function every hour (or close to each hour). &nbsp;How can I do this using a loop?
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I have a loop in perl which pretty much goes forever.  I have a sleep in this function, which also gets a webpage, so I don't really know how long each loop takes.  I would like my script to call a function every hour (or close to each hour).  How can I do this using a loop?

perl have function run every hour

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