From: Michele Andreoli (andreoli@pisoft.it)
Date: Tue Jun 29 1999 - 13:36:48 CEST
On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 10:48:27PM -0500, winsor wrote:
> Michele,
>
> After looking at item #3 on the list below "cron" I thought
> Could this be used with a script running nc to check for incoming mail
> at those "3 minute intervals"???
> or pass data out on defined ports at regular intervals.......
> and just how big would this script have to be???:)
>
The hacker!
This should work:
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*/10 * * * * root fetchmail
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if you "setup pop3".
If you wish to fetch a web page as regular basis, try that
*/10 * * * * root echo "GET /index.htm" | nc www.xyz.com 80 > /tmp/z.html
If you wish to annoy somebody as regular basis, try that
*/10 * * * * root echo "hello" | sendmail x@y.it
Unfortunately, Vixie Cron assume a continously running machine and
is'nt very useful to use week and month field
In Linux there is another crond daemon: "anacron", the anac(h)ronistic
scheduler. anacron work on daily basis, weaking up when the machine boot.
Michele
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