At 05:56 PM 1/24/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>--you could run a script a few ways, but, for cron, you
>could do something like:
>
>[example]
>
>0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * sh /home/shaunn/scripts/reminder
>
>[/example]
>
>--but that seems just as strange as, say, putting a 'sleep' clause in
>one of your scripts. i'm sure there is a way to call a system
>command in perl and say:
>
>system ('sleep 300');
>
>--or something like that.
>
>--anyone care to offer a better idea? i'm sure they're out there ...
if the script died for whatever reason, the sleep wouldn't help would it?
Also, cron will sometimes allow a 'skip' value.
0-60/5 * * * * /path/to/script
or:
*/5 * * * * /path/to/script
Skips every 5 minutes.
Roger
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