According to Jack Barnett: While burning my CPU.
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> Any documents on how to run a program 24-7 .
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> I wrote a small perl script that checks the mail and depending on the word
> in the subject line takes certain actions depeding on the subject.
>
> The script keeps looping and sleeping till there is new mail. the script
> has to be run as the user to work properly and has to be always running so
> that when a user sends mail to this, it will do its things and give the
> messages back to the user.
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> The problems if I exist the session the program dies, and I really don't
> like have a xterm windows open 24-7 just for this.
scpit_name &
or
script_name
ctrl-z then 'bg' (background).
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> Any ideas?
>
> Jack
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>
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Regards Richard.
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