You want cron(8)
man 8 cron
man 1 crontab
"Ahmed Shaikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hellow Sir/Madam,
>
> My mahine:
> Architecture: x86 family
> RAM : 256 Mb
> OS : Linux 6.2
>
> Requirement:
> I want to create a daemon that would execute some cgi-scripts, once a day.
>
>
> What to choose?
>
> As a result of my research i found that there might be two ways to develop a daemon;
>
> a. Using network (socket) programming to establish a server and client. I found that
>it will not be feasible because my daemon would work on single machine so there is no
>need for a client/server. Also the server keep listening to a certain port.
>
> b. Another idea is to use IPC. I think that if i would create a process (daemon) and
>register it with the schedular of LInux Kernel so that process (daemon)activated once
>a day and could execute desired script. After executing the desired script the
>(process) daemon would again become IDLE, so minimizing the chances of eating CPU
>Time.
>
> Any Help or Suggestion?
>
> regards,
> --ahmed
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