Hi! Richard E. Hawkins Esq. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I tossed together a 2 line script to run with at, to give me a ^Q every > minute: > echo -n "bbb" > /dev/ttyp8 > at -f testfile now + 1 minutes avoid output to stdout/err! "at" only sends mail if there is anything to send. see at(1) at -f testfile now + 1 minutes > /dev/null 2>&1 but why don't you use cron? see crontab(1,5) and run "crontab -e" to add a line like this: 1 * * * * echo -n "bbb" >/dev/ttyp8 Gruß Rainer -- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]