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Old 10-05-2006
i have a problem with crontab
Hi,
> i have a problem using the crontab command. i have a program which
> will show a pop-out in the screen using the say command when the
> program is run. but when i put the program into the crontab command, the
> program works perfectly but it did not show any pop-out on the screen.
> may i know what is the problem here?

> Thank you for any of your advice.
# 2  
Old 10-05-2006
i have a problem with unix
Hi,
> i have a problem using the crontab command. i have a program which
> will show a pop-out in the screen using the say command when the
> program is run. but when i put the program into the crontab command, the
> program works perfectly but it did not show any pop-out on the screen.
> may i know what is the problem here?

> Thank you for any of your advice.
# 3  
Old 10-05-2006
ckng, please do not cross-post. It is against the rules.

I have merged both the threads.
# 4  
Old 10-05-2006
oh,,sorry,, thanks
# 5  
Old 10-05-2006
Hi,

i believe you need to direct the output to somewhere. maybe you can try
* * * * * your command > /dev/null > &1
not tested though.
# 6  
Old 10-06-2006
err.. it did not work, is there any other solutions???
# 7  
Old 10-06-2006
What do you mean by popout? Is it just printing a line on the output (say, a screen)? If it is just that, then all you have to do is redirect the program's output:
Code:
* * * * * your_command > /tmp/yourcommand.outfile 2>&1

If it is some complicated java code or something that pops up a window, you won't be able to do that from cron.

The /tmp/yourcommand.outfile will be overwritten everytime the program runs.
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