On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 04:08, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 09 February 2003 09:59 am, magnet wrote: > > I have set up my tv card and I can capture programs to HDD using > > streamer. > > > > I'm using "v4lctrl setstation <channel number>" to set the correct > > channel. and then "streamer... <options follow>.....blah blah" to do the > > capturing. > > > > These commands have been put in a script but I'm not sure where this > > script should be stored. I was thinking it would be in > > /home/bin/my_script.sh ? > > > > Next, how do I set up crontab to call this script? > > > > Cheers for any pointers if you can help :) > > There is a setup tool for cron jobs in the Mandrake Control Center. You > can also use webmin, which I personally like better. The third option > (which I add only for edification and illuminiation) is to hand edit the > file /var/spool/cron/<user> replacing <user> with the username that you > want the job run under.
For the hand edit option the official methed is "crontab -e". Try "man crontab" first. -- Michael
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