22 Jan
2004
22 Jan
'04
15:31
On Thursday 22 January 2004 04:04 am, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
As long as your computer is on, it will run the program.
Thanks for the correction. I didn't know that.
Since it is 'your' cron, it will run with your permissions, whether you are logged in or not.
OK, I get the theory now. That makes sense since the box would have to be logged in as root to run a root cron job if my theory were correct.
Using your Linux box as an alarm clock, great idea. Just make sure the program you run has all it needs to run, i.e. not graphical unless you are logged in to X, etc.
Right, I use the "play" command, included in the "sox" package, then enter the command "play <path-to-song-file>". -- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA) cygnia@sonic.net