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Sep 25th, 2005, 5:35 PM
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starting programs at a specific time
Hi all silly question but how do i can start a program at a specific time?For example start firefox at 5:00 am?(no crontab)
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Sep 25th, 2005, 5:46 PM
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Login on at 4:49, and type the following in a console window: "firefox &"
Then wait for the clock to strike 5.  Why can't you use the crontab, and why do you want to start an interactive program automatically?
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Sep 26th, 2005, 12:21 AM
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kinda curious as to why you can't (don't want to) use crontab also... maybe the 'at' command will work.
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Sep 26th, 2005, 2:21 AM
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Well sorry but i supposed that i can't get work cron in bash scripts
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Sep 26th, 2005, 6:36 AM
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May 31st, 2006, 12:52 AM
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@echo off
:start
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%a in ('time /t') do set time1=%%a%%b & ::gets the time into 00:00AA form
if %time1% ==10:34PM goto :ok
goto :start
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:: what to do when time equals 5:00AM
echo what to do when it is 5:00 AM
pauseTell me how that works and tell me if you need more help |
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May 31st, 2006, 3:44 AM
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The "at" command can be used to make a script run at a particular time once. Cron can be used to make a script run repeatly at a particular time. Do you want firefox to run at 5:00am once, or every day? |
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May 31st, 2006, 2:02 PM
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I was just trying to help, I thout it was a typo or somthing, I have never herd of bash scripts.
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May 31st, 2006, 2:05 PM
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bash is the most commonly used Linux shell.
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May 31st, 2006, 2:48 PM
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Make sure you have atd running (the at daemon), then it's as simple as:
at 05.00 at> firefox at> (ctrl+d) |
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