yes man is unfriendly specially man bash On Wednesday 21 July 2004 11:54, Ron Michael Khu wrote: > u can try "googling" for "advance bash-scripting guide" > =) > > or u can do it the "man" way, > although man may often be "unfriendly" > =( > > alben benavente alteza wrote: > > Thats a problem. Don't have experience in programming in linux. Don't > > have any books also. All I have is the scripts in my linux box and the > > internet which I have difficulty in looking for a good reference. I know > > how to program in C, pascal but all in windows. A wanted to program in > > linux from now on so I am learning and asking questions. > > > > If you do know a URL which is a good reference in programming in linux. > > please do share it with me. > > > > thanks > > > > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 09:57, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > >>On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 09:25, alben benavente alteza wrote: > >>>As much as possible I don't want to use cron. I want my script to be > >>> self sufficient. I am also interested if such thing is possible. > >>> > >>>Do you have some idea on how to do this? Please advice. > >> > >>Maybe you'd get better luck if you'd code it in C rather than the shell? > >> > >>:D > >> > >>Shell scripts are not the end to everything, just as most unix tools > >>are. Cron was made specifically for the purpose it currently serves, and > >>only for that purpose. The shell is supposedly used as a mechanism for > >>passing commands to the operating system (whether interactively or > >>automated).
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