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    From Jon Justvig@1:0/0 to All on Friday, March 04, 2016 11:50:36
    Could someone tell me how to automatically poll my uplink on a schedule. I'm running Linux. I have to manually poll and I would like to get net/echomail on a regular basis so I can send to my downlinks. Thanks.

    Sincerely,
    Jon Justvig
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  • From Björn Felten@3:640/384 to Jon Justvig on Saturday, March 05, 2016 04:27:33
    Jon Justvig
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    From that node number you may run into some problems.

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  • From Michael Dukelsky@2:5020/1042 to Jon Justvig on Friday, March 04, 2016 21:27:18
    Hello Jon,

    Friday March 04 2016, Jon Justvig wrote to All:

    Could someone tell me how to automatically poll my uplink on a
    schedule. I'm running Linux. I have to manually poll and I would
    like to get net/echomail on a regular basis so I can send to my
    downlinks. Thanks.

    $ crontab -e
    */15 * * * * poll_my_uplink.sh

    That will make polls every 15 minutes, see `man 1 crontab` and `man 5 crontab`.
    The 'crontab -e' command opens vi on default, so if you do not like it you have
    to write

    export EDITOR=/path/to/your/favorite/editor

    somewhere in /etc/profile or /etc/profile.local or some other place depending on your linux distribution.

    There is also another way. You may ask your uplink to send you your mail directly after she/he receives it. Then it will be enough for you to poll one or two times a day just to be on the safe side.

    Michael

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  • From Jeff Smith@1:14/5 to Jon Justvig on Friday, March 04, 2016 12:44:12
    Hello Jon.

    04 Mar 16 11:50, you wrote to all:

    Could someone tell me how to automatically poll my uplink on a
    schedule. I'm running Linux. I have to manually poll and I would
    like to get net/echomail on a regular basis so I can send to my
    downlinks. Thanks.

    Here on my Linux machine I setup crontab to setup what events I.E. poll's, program executions, scan/toss mmail, Etc that I need to run at times of my choosing.

    As root in a terminal window type "crontab -e". That will bring up the nano text editor and load your crontab config file. Then add the line to run the script or load the file of your choice at the time/date of your choosing. An example would be:

    * * * * * /bin/execute/this/script.sh
    | | | | |______ day of week (from 0 to 6) (0=Sunday)
    | | | |________ month (from 1 to 12)
    | | |__________ day of month (from 1 to 31)
    | |____________ hour (from 0 to 23)
    |______________ minute (from 0 to 59)

    A "*" can be used as a wildcard

    So:

    0 1 * * 5 /bin/execute/this/script.sh

    would execute /bin/execute/this/script.sh the script to run at 1AM every Friday.

    Hope this helps.


    Sincerely,
    Jon Justvig
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    Jeff

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