On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:59:53PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 01:49:18PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > > >Daniel Dalton wrote: > > >0 7 * * * /path/to/script.sh > > When would that stop? How do you make it stop at 10? but ok I'll test it. > Write a script that starts the download. Have it record the pid in > /var/run/ . Have this script started by crontab at the appropriate > time. > Set up crontab to kill the process numbered by that pid file at the > appropriate time.
or call /path/to/script.sh under the command provided by the package timeout - Run a command with a time limit. There is also timeoutd - Flexible user timeout daemon with X11 support however I never used it. apt-cache search might give more possibilities. -- Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te. Digli di smettere. Informatica=arsenico: minime dosi in rari casi patologici, altrimenti letale. Informatica=bomba: intelligente solo per gli stupidi che ci credono. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
