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> I need to back up two days from localtime and I can't > figure out how to do it. Currently I'm doing this just > so I can work out the rest of the program: [Ignore me if you aren't on a Unix like platform] Hi, You should seriously consider installing the 'at' job manager for run-once tasks, or 'cron' to schedule tasks regularly. Try to avoid spreading time-scheduling around, especially into memory hungry Perl processes that just sit around doing nothing. man at man cron However, you may have to contact your administrator for these. Easy though if you own the machine. Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.comThread Previous | Thread Next