From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 5 21: 5:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE15937BB2D for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 21:05:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jbryant@ppp-207-193-3-107.kscymo.swbell.net) Received: from ppp-207-193-3-107.kscymo.swbell.net ([207.193.3.107]) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FQZ00HYVI5HZ2@mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 23:05:44 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by ppp-207-193-3-107.kscymo.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) id XAA09286; Sun, 05 Mar 2000 23:05:38 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 23:05:31 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant Subject: Re: run every 10 seconds In-reply-to: <20000305221718.J62310@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org, kc5vdj@swbell.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: kc5vdj@swbell.net Message-id: <200003060505.XAA09286@ppp-207-193-3-107.kscymo.swbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-files: The truth is that the X-Files is fiction X-Republican: The best kind!!! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #8: Sat Oct 30 00:56:56 CDT 1999 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 07:03:06PM -0800, Bhishan Hemrajani wrote: > > I get an error when trying to compile that. > > I don't know C at all... so if this is a stupid thing on my > > part, I apologize. > > > > This is the error: > > /var/tmp/ccpD24411.o: In function `main': > > /var/tmp/ccpD24411.o(.text+0x22): undefined reference to `exec' > > No such function. man 3 exec. Anyway, you're probably better off with correct, i just told him to refer to the manpage for exec and pick the proper one, i did the 'pseudocode' as exec() for clarity. > a shell script, > > #!/bin/sh > > while :; do > command > sleep 10 > done either way should work, C or shell. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net IC-706MkII, IC-T81A, HTX-202, HTX-212, HTX-404, KPC3+, PK-232MBX Grid: EM28px ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ET has one helluva sense of humor, always anal-probing right-wing schizos! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message