Hi stuart,

I use Linux as the back-end on a product I'm developing and I need to kick off various scripts on the Linux box depending on user actions. I'm using Samba as the file server and to start the scripts I create a specific file on the Linux box for each script that I wish to start. On the Linux side I have a cron job for each script - running every minute - checking for the existence of each of the files. If a file exists, the particular script is started.

Although this method means that there is a delay of up to one minute before the script is started, this is not a problem for the operations that I need to start on the Linux box : CD Writing, Backup, Restart/Shutdown, etc.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Liam


>How can I start a script on a unix boc automatically. I can use telnet to access the machine, but that requires manual intervention. Is there away that one can automate the telnet functionality?
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>I would appreciate any help!
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>Regards,
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>Stuart