On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote: : how do i run a program every 10 minutes? : -gnana
Use cron. RTFM `man crontab' to get the details. Since most people hate being told to RTFM (why?), here's the easy way out: # edit a "here" document and make it the crontab # probably wise to replace "command" with a real command [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ cat <<EOF | crontab - > */10 * * * * command > EOF # list the crontab [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ crontab -l */10 * * * * command -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)