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Old 08-02-2005, 05:50 AM   #1
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Running Screen in a cron job


Hi,
I'm trying to run screen in a cron job and tried using both the -d and -m options but it doesn't run. Any ideas? Thanks for your time...
 
Old 08-03-2005, 12:11 AM   #2
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I found out how to run it. In case anybody's interested, I do something like:

15 7 * * * /usr/bin/screen -dmS nameofsession commandIwantToRunInScreen
 
  


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