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Article: 13539 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: ruvenakiash@hotmail.com (ruvena)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: HELP!!!! How do you automate a kermit script?
Date: 19 Jul 2002 10:46:19 -0700
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fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) wrote in message news:<ah941s$e43$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu>...
> In article <b85d456a.0207190400.324a0317@posting.google.com>,
> ruvena <ruvenakiash@hotmail.com> wrote:
> : I am trying to run a kermit script that will download data from a
> : remote site automatically based on the time of day on the system
> : clock.
> :
> : What do you do to be able to automate the .ksc file so that it will
> : run at a certain time every day?
> :
> You can do it outside of Kermit or inside. How you do it outside
> depends on the operating system. In Unix, you would use a cron or at
> job. In VMS, the batch system lets you run jobs at specified times.
> Some versions of Windows might have something for this but I'm not
> familiar with them.
>
> To do it inside Kermit, use the PAUSE command in your script:
>
> Syntax: PAUSE [ { number-of-seconds, hh:mm:ss } ]
> Example: PAUSE 3 or PAUSE 14:52:30
> Do nothing for the specified number of seconds or until the given time of
> day in 24-hour hh:mm:ss notation. If the time of day is earlier than the
> current time, it is assumed to be tomorrow. If no argument given, one
> second is used. The pause can be interrupted by typing any character on
> the keyboard unless SLEEP CANCELLATION is OFF. If interrupted, PAUSE
> fails, otherwise it succeeds. Synonym: SLEEP.
>
> - Frank
Hi!
Thanks very much for the post. What if i were to do it in UNIX/QNX how
would i use the cron?
*Ruvena*