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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
6) printf "\n GoodBye! \n\n"; exit ;;
I am trying modify the above command to pause a couple of seconds before exiting, so a message can be displayed. Thank you :). (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I new to cron job...
I need to schedule a job that runs on a particular day at a specific time
say for example need to send a test mail at around 2:30PM on wed 10th August
i have used the below syntax, but the job was not executed.
30 14 * * * echo "message from UNIX... (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I recently would like to write a shell script that
1. Runs in the background (can be done with "&", but i'd be happy for other solutions to keep programs running)
2. Does its stuff
3 THEN checks a specified folder for a size change over time (say, each 5 seconds. AND ONLY continues with... (9 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am sorting a file, but getting different output with crontab.
input file-file
z
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x
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y
Y
when I sort manually
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x
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y
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I've written a shell script to take photos with my camera.
After every picture taken, the picture is transmitted to the computer via usb and then deleted on the camera.
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,
I'm writing a script to restore 3 directories and 3 mysql db's every 24 hours. While writing the script, I came across the thought...
Do I need to pause between executions?
Example:
msql restore1.sql
rm -Rf path1/*
cp -Rf path1/* /restore1
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... (2 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
well is gets stuck and i dont know why.......
pid=fork();
if(pid==0)
{
pause();
write(1,"child",5);
exit(0);
}
else
{
sleep(1);
kill(pid,SIGCONT);
write(1,"parent",5);
wait(0);
}
all=1; (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: IdleProc
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, i facing a problem when run the script below..
while
do
if
then
printf "Please enter a name : "
read response # the problem occur here
if
then
ea_ident=${omc_ident}
else
#
# Check that name does not contain invalid... (14 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
How can i check? How many corn jobs are running?
Thanks Raghu.K (1 Reply)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I guess I posted in wrong forum before. How do I pause another process and then restart it on linux? The other process doesn't listen for anything.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Dane :confused: (1 Reply)
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