Im looking for a way to auto execute a cgi scipt on my linux mandrake apache webserver ever 15 min.

I know the cgi scipts can be execute simply by typing the name of the script at the command promt. Im not sure if there is a command u could use to do this or if there is a program i can download for linux.

there are many ways to do it

crond is one way.

I have one running that is probably not the right way to do things but it works...

say the file is called myprog

I run it on boot from /etc/rc.d/rc.local

myprog &



heres the file contents
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#!/bin/sh
#
#
if blah then
blah blah
blah blah blah
fi
#end of script stuff

#here is the timed delay stuff
#sleep for 30 minutes
sleep 30m

#now restart and exit

myprog &
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as you see here the file restarts itself at the end, it sets it to the background so it can exit, then the whole thing starts over again.

doing ps -A will show myprog and sleep always running.