man at man cron man crontab These *could* be used to check constantly (like every second), but probably makes more sense to check every 15 minutes or half hour or some such. Edward Glamkowski, Programmer Mathematica Policy Research EGlamkowski@mathematic-MPR.COM Princeton, NJ http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/ "Some people see things as they are, and ask why? I dream things that never were, and ask why not?" Robert F. Kennedy >---------- >From: Mike Lindsey[SMTP:mike.lindsey@BPMI.NET] >Sent: Friday, February 06, 1998 9:02 AM >To: CIRCLE@POST.QUEENSU.CA >Subject: Newbie unix question > >Is there anyway to make the autorun script run without being constantly >logged in? > +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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