Adam,
You can use cron(tab), but you'd need to set the DISPLAY variable
appropriately:
DISPLAY=:0 xprogram >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
That's assuming the cron job is running as the same user and same host as
the X display. It gets a little complicated otherwise.
Your question does seem a bit odd though. If you had mentioned what&why
you are really trying to achieve, then perhaps there would be a better or
more appropriate way...
With a cron job, you'll get an error if the program is ever run when X
isn't (e.g. just after booting) - hence the redirects to /dev/null for
regular output above. It may be better to just run a sleeping, looping
script in the background as part of your login scripts.
Cheers,
- Simon
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Adam W wrote:
Hi,
I simply want to schedule a specific X application to start up at a
given time and appear on the screen.
How do i do that?? I have tried using cron but it seems to just start
it in the background.
Cheers
Adam.
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