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 E86CC3F3FC for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:17:46 -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 fBSGHkE31845 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:17:46 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id fBSGHkt02866 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:17:46 -0500 Received: from mail1.netacc.net (mail1.netacc.net [208.34.108.26]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fBSGHk002862 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:17:46 -0500 Received: from bharding (algoma-host20.doorpi.net [12.37.10.25]) by mail1.netacc.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fBSGHiV83818 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:17:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20011228101756.0082f430@mail.doorpi.net> X-Sender: bharding@mail.doorpi.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:17:56 -0600 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Brent Harding Subject: Re: regulating the time a process can run with crontab? In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.6.32.20011227225916.0082e9d0@mail.doorpi.net> 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: Oh, so you'd just use sleep for the time in seconds, and use this command after to make it end? I'm not real sure of good places to learn about shell scripting and the like, as I've never done more than simple lists of commands with it, conditionals get sort of tricky, for trying lfs, just typed as the instructions said, and things worked to make it in to a loopback file system. At 09:15 AM 12/28/01 -0500, you wrote: >kill `pidof lynx` aught to work. > >--Michael Gorse / ICQ:22583968 / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org > >On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Blinux-list mailing list >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >