Script Issues

skguha · 03-23-2004, 03:05 AM

Hi ,

I was just wondering how to write a script to run a program every 15 mins.

I put " */15 * * * * user /home/user/readvalue >>readvalue.txt" in my crontab file.

The file readvalue is a compiled file from a program readvalue.c
this appends the result everytime to readvalue.txt.

This is working fine but i dont want it to run via crontab......i want it to run via a script of some sort...how do i go about this...

any sort of help is greatly appreciated...

Thanks a lot ...

Bebo · 03-23-2004, 03:40 AM

I think you'll have to have a underlying program/script calling it every 15 minutes. Like

Code:

#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 -eq 1 ] ; do
   /home/user/readvalue >>readvalue.txt
   sleep 15m
done

Save these lines into a file, and chmod u+x <file>. Then call it from your /etc/rc.d/rc.local and it will be started at every boot.

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