[R-sig-Debian] running a script repeatedly

[Whit Armstrong]

put your script (or a slink) in /etc/cron.hourly

if you need something more robust (like failure notification, job
chaining, etc), use Hudson:
http://hudson-ci.org/

there is an ubuntu ppa.

-Whit


On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Hodgess, Erin <HodgessE at uhd.edu> wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> I came up with "a" solution (not the best) by using the at command several times.
>
> at -f file 00:01
>
> and so on.
>
> Sincerely,
> Erin
>
>
> Erin M. Hodgess, PhD
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> University of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: hodgesse at uhd.edu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kingsley G. Morse Jr. [mailto:kingsley at loaner.com]
> Sent: Wed 3/23/2011 11:07 PM
> To: Hodgess, Erin
> Cc: r-sig-debian at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] running a script repeatedly
>
> Hi Erin,
>
> I think a utility named "cron" can run a script
> every hour.
>
> At least on my Debian based computer, one can read
> the documentation for creating a cron table by
> doing
>
>    $ man 5 crontab
>
> Ubuntu may have a more user friendly graphical
> user interface to cron.
>
> Thanks,
> Kingsley
>
> On 03/23/11 22:39, Hodgess, Erin wrote:
>> Dear Debian People:
>>
>> Is there a way to run a little script (on Ubuntu Manic Meerkat) every hour, please?
>>
>> I know that this is more of a LINUX/UNIX question rather than an R question.  Sorry.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erin
>>
>>
>> Erin M. Hodgess, PhD
>> Associate Professor
>> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
>> University of Houston - Downtown
>> mailto: hodgesse at uhd.edu
>>
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