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Old 03-10-2003, 03:29 AM   #1
ThaddNZ2003
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how do i schedule events to run daily.


Hi,

I'm just wondering how do i set a function to update each day, or run at a scheduled time?

I want it to run some kind of script top update my DYNDNS address.

any ideas?

Thanks

T
 
Old 03-10-2003, 04:07 AM   #2
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how about cron
 
Old 03-10-2003, 10:59 AM   #3
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Write your script and make it executable (chmod 755 <scriptname>)
Next, add it to /etc/cron.daily (cd /etc/cron.daily then ln -s /path/to/script/<scriptname> )

Or you can use Webmin's cron manager to schedule it.
 
  


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