From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 897DC3EA03 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:59:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fBS4x9E30583 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:59:09 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id fBS4x9i00474 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:59:09 -0500 Received: from mail2.netacc.net (mail2.netacc.net [208.34.108.27]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fBS4x8000465 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:59:09 -0500 Received: from bharding (algoma-host33.doorpi.net [12.37.10.38]) by mail2.netacc.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fBS4x6R21504 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:59:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20011227225916.0082e9d0@mail.doorpi.net> X-Sender: bharding@mail.doorpi.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 22:59:16 -0600 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Brent Harding Subject: regulating the time a process can run with crontab? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Suppose I want to use the lynx --source option to record an mp3 stream that will start at a certain time, and I want to stop it at a certain time. I could start it with a cron entry, in a script, but how in such a script would I cause lynx to terminate, assuming the mp3 stream never quits? There's no way of telling lynx --source how much to get if this is in the background. Thanks.