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 Dec 4 2008, 04:50 AM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing?  Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 4-December 08 Member No.: 13,778  |
Hi,
Could anybody tell me if it is possible to get cron to run a script that interacts with a user through terminal if they are logged on? Basically I want a script to run at a certain time each day that will give the user 3 options then perform an action based upon their choice. I have looked around on google and found a few references to this but nothing really useful if anybody knows where I may be able to find info on how to accomplish this I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance Matt |
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Dec 4 2008, 08:24 AM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,807 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
http://www.codecoffee.com/tipsforlinux/articles/23.html
Try: X Y * * * DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm "whatever blows your skirt.file" |
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Dec 7 2008, 10:29 AM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 4-December 08 Member No.: 13,778 |
Hi,
Thanks for your reply, unfortunately this does not seem to work  could this be because I am working in Terminal form Gnome at present? |
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Dec 7 2008, 02:13 PM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,807 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
If Gnome is running then this should work. I have not tried it out myself so I really do not know if the exact procedure will work or not.
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