I seriously doubt that would work as our guy here is not root, thus the question asked. # ls -l /etc/inittab -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2464 2002-05-07 07:45 /etc/inittab --Adrian -----Original Message----- From: linux-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean M. Bouchara Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 13:16 PM To: linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Emulate(?) the crontab Put the command in /etc/inittab: ap:3:respawn:/usr/local/bin/my_script.sh or ap:3:respawn:/bin/su - someuser -c /usr/local/bin/my_script.sh > Hello, > > I guess you could run something like this in the background.. > > #!/bin/bash > until false > do > planet.py geek/fancy/config.ini > sleep 900 > done > exit 0 > > --Adrian > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Jean Michel Bouchara Completo Tecnologia Ltda. - http://www.completo.com.br/ Fone / Fax: (0xx11) 3081-3644 -- Visite o site http://www.escrevinhadora.com.br/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
