To schedule a process?

Josh Cartwright joshc at linux.com
Sun Feb 27 10:46:11 EST 2011


On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 07:16:31AM -0800, kashish bhatia wrote:
> Suppose if I wrote a simple c program but I want to execute this program
> everyday at a
>  specific time ( say at 12 p.m) .
> 
> 
> Is there any command by which I can schedule the execution of any
> process(a.out in this case)?

This really isn't a question meant for kernelnewbies, but regardless
'cron' is the tool you are looking for.  There are several
implementations out there; google should point you in the right
direction.

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                                 joshc



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