On Sunday 09 Feb 2003 5:14 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > 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.
Right. Update for anyone following this thread. Found a typo within the script. Not sure if this had a follow-on effect for everything after but it all seems to be working fine now. Thanks very much for the pointers/hints/advice as usual with this problem. -- magnet Registered Linux User: 281659 Registered machines: 163839,163840,163841,163842,163843,163844 6xAthlon 1.2GHz all running some flavour of Mandrake. "My home is over-run with penguins that like a warm environment!"
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