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Old 11-13-2008, 11:42 AM   #1
dastech
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Looking for a GUI to manage startup jobs


I have a job that is cron to run every hour. I now need it to run when the system starts. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Also is there a GUI app that will let me do this from X?

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Old 11-13-2008, 12:29 PM   #2
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Please fill in your distro, so people can respond with suggestions...
 
Old 11-13-2008, 01:06 PM   #3
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Read 'man crontab' or search for crontab tutorials.
 
Old 11-13-2008, 03:26 PM   #4
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What is a distro?
 
Old 11-13-2008, 03:36 PM   #5
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distro = distribution, that is, fedora, ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, Mandriva and so on....
 
Old 11-13-2008, 07:18 PM   #6
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Also include the version number.
 
Old 11-13-2008, 07:22 PM   #7
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With kde-4.1 you can do that from system settings too
 
  


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