In the last episode, we heard [EMAIL PROTECTED] say:
> I have a small script that pings my ISP every so often so the ISP
> doesn't shut my server connection down for lack of activity. The script
> is as follows
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ping -i 600 wvi.com>/tmp/pinglog.txt
>
> On my desktop I have set up an icon to start the script called pingit.
> The execute line is
>
> /root/pingit &.
Lose the period, if it's there. I don't think it is necessary to run
it in the background, either. Moreover, you need to do something with
stderr:
ping -i 600 wvi.com > /tmp/pinglog.txt 2> /tmp/pingerr.txt
The other problem is that ping must run in a terminal, so create the
shortcut to run in a terminal (I believe there's a checkbox for this
purpose).
> !pingit &
What's with the "!"?
> I get an error msg that has to do with the '&'
>
> If I try to run it with just !pingit, it says that there is no such command.
Right. The script is named "pingit" not "!pingit". Try:
./pingit
The shell has a special meaning for "!".
Kurt
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QOTD:
"It's not the despair... I can stand the despair. It's the hope."
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