I will change a file's modificaion date every hour (using touch). I need to
check this file every hour to make sure a large program is running (the
program has many modules that can stop -- not just one job to look for). If
the file was not modified last hour, I want to send an email out to the
Thank you for your repley. One question, does the alarm command only work on
the machine it is run on? Meaning, the programmer does not sit near that
machine. Does the alarm alert cron to send the email?
Thank you very much for your assistance.
Tom Ross
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