[ILUG] seti

Stephen Shirley diamond at csn.ul.ie
Wed May 8 10:57:47 IST 2002


On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 04:43:20AM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
> > hi i run 2 instences of seti at home one in /home/phil and the other in /root
> > how do i get them both to run at start up with out having to login or even
> > get them to run when any user logs in
> > im using mandrake 8.2  ( mail me if you would like a copy of it )

Crontab can also do it. This is much better for ordinary users, because
they don't need root access to set it up. Instead of using the normal 6
(7?) field time specifier, just use @reboot. For example:

@reboot /path/to/seti/seti

Run 'crontab -e' to edit your crontab.


Steve
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