On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 01:20, German Guillot wrote: > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 01:06:05 +1000, Stephen K�hn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maybe I walked in late in the thread here - but I'm trying to NOW figure > > out what y'all tryin to do - is it that you want cron to open a browser > > for you for a specific URL and that's all? > > Yep, that's it. I'm starting to feel a little embarrassed that the > thread has run so long, this being OT and all. But basically that's > the object of the exercise. I'm really just trying my hand out at > scripting, and learning loads trying to solve this little problem. > > If you have any ideas, they're most welcome! > > Germ�n.
Ok...just for giggles and grins, I just created a small script to fire up Galeon (/home/stephen/bin/start_galeon) :: <snip> #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/galeon http://freshmeat.net exit </snip> Fired up kcron as myself, added the task, saved the task; fired up kcron again and forced a run; worked like a charm; was I missing something originally in the thread? stephen kuhn - proprietor __________________________________________________________________ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __________________________________________________________________ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __________________________________________________________________ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!
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