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Re: Scheduled processes
Jeff Utz wrote:
> "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com> wrote in message
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>>At 03:01 PM 3/6/2002, Jeff Utz wrote:
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>>>I am running cygwin under WinNT and Win2000. Is there any way to call
>>>
> cygwin
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>>>and start a particular process?
>>>
>>>What I wish to do is check out stuff from a cvs repository on a regular
>>>basis to update the directories on my computer.
>>>
>
> Actually, I did not specify the question correctly. What I want to is have
> the cygwin start a specific process.
That's one of the very things that cron is used for! Think of cron as
the Task Scheduler for Unix ergo Cygwin.
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> I think all I need to do is start bash with the --rcfile <filename option>
> and I can call my stuff from there.
>
> Thanks for you rapid response. Although it did not answer my question, it
> did get me going on the right path.
>
> Jeff
>
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>>If you want to do this under Cygwin, look at the cron package.
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>>Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
>>RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
>>838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>>Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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