On Thursday 14 Apr 2005 16:53, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > I guess this means I need to be connected to the web for this update? > I am on dial-up which is my phone line ... so time needs to be when I > am likely to be online. I ask this because I am a nurse and therefore > a shiftworker with irregular times for being on-line. > That does make it difficult. I'd forget cron in that case. Make your script just as you would for cron, but put a link to it on your desktop. Just hit that link on your first connection of the week, or whatever seems best for you. You can always use korganizer to set up reminders based on your shift pattern. HTH
Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels
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