Hello,

I created a shell script "alpha.sh" which runs some Java files and they in particular dump data from a flat file into the database.
Now I need to schedule them in sucha a manner that i run them very two hours..

So i tried using its reference ( /sbin/service alpha start) in crond . It started running without any hitch. But the problem is that we need to stop the alpha.sh too since the database entry will not be reflected until unless the alpha service is stopped. I tried using "service alpha stop" but in vain.
What Do i do? ANy Suggestions would be valuable...

Can I try killing the pid thru crond? if yes how?

Tapish

Is there a reason this script needs to run as a service ? Does it simply run .. collect data then end ? does it need to run for a period of time?

If the script properly implements the stop() method service <service_name> stop should work fine.

-Matt

I would like this to be scheduled at regular intervals, say at 1 hour. This just collects data from the Flat files and dumps into the database.

Ideally would like this service to run for some time , say 5-10 mins and then automatically end.

I do have a script which runs those JAVA files. There are around 4-5 files which dump data into various tables.

Tapish