Change garbage collection period (Perl)

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# This Perl code changes the default garbage collection interval

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Adapted from VBScript code contained in the book:
#      "Active Directory Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
# ISBN: 0-596-00466-4
# ---------------------------------------------------------------

# ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
my $intGarbageColl = <IntervalInHours>;
# ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $objRootDSE = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE");
my $objDSCont = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://cn=Directory Service,cn=Windows NT," .
                "cn=Services," . $objRootDSE->Get("configurationNamingContext") );
$objDSCont->Put("garbageCollPeriod", $intGarbageColl);
$objDSCont->SetInfo;
print "Successfully my the garbage collection interval to $intGarbageColl\n";

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