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Old 08-14-2007
Scheduling crontab using parameter from XML file
Hi,

I need to write script which will read a value from XML file and schedule crontab accordingly.

I have an XML file which has a key value structure where the entries is:
<Param Name="executionInterval" Value="600" />
600 means that the crontab should be scheduled to run every 600 sec.

So as I see there are 4 tasks:
1. Learn shell scripting! Smilie)
2. Retrieve the value from the XML.
3. Convert the value to crontab compatible.
4. Update the crontab config file accordingly.

Need your help...
Thanks,
Michael
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