[lug] Crontab

[Eric Kilfoil]

hrmmm.. that should be sleep 15.... not sleep 1 :)

eric

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Eric Kilfoil wrote:

>
> if your script runs in a very short amount of time (like under a second),
> then you can do this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> CTR=0
> while [ "$CTR" -lt 3 ] ; do
>   echo "do stuff"
>   sleep 1
>   CTR=$[$CTR+1]
> done
>
> Then set up cron to run this every minute.
>
> eric
>
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Carlos [iso-8859-1] Hernández López wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > For some aplication,  I need to execute several bash scripts
> > periodically during a specific lapse of time. Crontab would be perfect,
> > however the minimum period of time that you can specify is 1 minute,
> > and  I need to execute the scripts maybe every 15 seconds.
> >
> > Obviously  I can manage in order that the scripts "knows" when to
> > execute but I don't want to reinvent the wheel and something  similar to
> > contab would be nicer.
> >
> > Some hints?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
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