Thanks! I came up with "a" solution (not the best) by using the at command several times.
at -f file 00:01 and so on. Sincerely, Erin Erin M. Hodgess, PhD Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: hodge...@uhd.edu -----Original Message----- From: Kingsley G. Morse Jr. [mailto:kings...@loaner.com] Sent: Wed 3/23/2011 11:07 PM To: Hodgess, Erin Cc: r-sig-debian@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] running a script repeatedly Hi Erin, I think a utility named "cron" can run a script every hour. At least on my Debian based computer, one can read the documentation for creating a cron table by doing $ man 5 crontab Ubuntu may have a more user friendly graphical user interface to cron. Thanks, Kingsley On 03/23/11 22:39, Hodgess, Erin wrote: > Dear Debian People: > > Is there a way to run a little script (on Ubuntu Manic Meerkat) every hour, > please? > > I know that this is more of a LINUX/UNIX question rather than an R question. > Sorry. > > Thanks, > Erin > > > Erin M. Hodgess, PhD > Associate Professor > Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences > University of Houston - Downtown > mailto: hodge...@uhd.edu > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
