On Dec 16, 2010, at 6:08 AM, LuKreme wrote: > > On 14-Dec-2010, at 13:41, Levan, Jerry wrote: > >> I am executing this file every 10 minutes with a cron table entry: >> 0-59/10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/checkip.sh > > You probably don't care,
lotf > but crontab is officially deprecated and the proper (and far more flexible) > way to do this is to use a LaunchAgent or LaunchDaemon. Very easy to setup > with Lingon, and it gives rather a lot more options that simply every 10 > minutes. I suspect there is a better way to see if the external IP address > has changed, but mine changes every year to 18 months, so I don't care. Yeah, if you use the dyndns support already built into the router he's using it notes to check when the DHCP lease gets renewed. It doesn't have to poll at all. -d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Shoop [email protected] GoogleVoice: 1-646-402-5293 aim: iWiring twitter: @colonelmode _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
