Periodic Daemon

nmukerje · 07-22-2009, 02:07 PM

I am trying to have a daemon that will run periodically on my RHEL5 server (for example, once per hour). As far as shell scripting goes, I have found ample online resources and have written the script easily enough, and executing it isn't a problem. However, I do not know how to automatically execute the script periodically, and I have not yet found resources on the matter. Any guidance on this or pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

acid_kewpie · 07-22-2009, 02:36 PM

you're after cron surely..? Just put your script into /etc/cron.hourly and once an hour it'll run. Or use the full blown crontab configuration to customize it to your needs.

chrism01 · 07-22-2009, 05:59 PM

As it sounds like you've never used cron before, here's a really good guide: http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/cro...Crontab%20file