[lug] Crontab

[Chip Atkinson]

You could write a bash script that runs the application four times and 
sleeps 15 seconds between each invocation.  Then set this script to run 
once per minute.

For example:

#!/bin/bash
application
sleep 15
application
sleep 15
application
sleep 15
application

Chip

Carlos 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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