trojan30 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thank you for your repley. One question, does the alarm command only work on
> the machine it is run on?
alarm is the command you write to send the mail.
Andreas.
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Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5,
Thank you for your repley. One question, does the alarm command only work on
the machine it is run on? Meaning, the programmer does not sit near that
machine. Does the alarm alert cron to send the email?
Thank you very much for your assistance.
Tom Ross
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trojan30 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I will change a file's modificaion date every hour (using touch). I need to
> check this file every hour to make sure a large program is running (the
> program has many modules that can stop -- not just one job to look for). If
> the file was not modified l
