Thanks, it works fine. --Garry -----Original Message----- From: Michael Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: old--Re: Trouble with at command Use an `at` command to run `killall PROCESSNAME` 15 minutes later. It's crude, but effective and lets you specify which process by command name instead of PID. See TFM for killall(1). --Mike "Barker, Gerald A (MD)" wrote: > I am trying to use "at" to automatically record a radio program using "rec" > from the command line. This works fine except I want to turn it off > after about 15 minutes and to do this I need to output a control-c to > terminate rec. I have tried to do this with no success. I can't find a > timer option in at and running a second at or cron 15 minutes later doesn't > work because rec is waiting for a control-c and hasn't returned control > to the command line. If I need to write a perl script could you give some > basic advice what approach to take. Thanks > > Garry Barker -- Michael J. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4052 Southway Loop, Springfield OR 97478 (541) 726-1561
