scheduling tasks

[Hanasaki JiJi]

check into the cron deamons

Matthew Freeland wrote:
> Salutations.  Does anyone know how to schedule tasks to run at a 
> specified time interval?  I have registered a domain name and am using a 
> service called everydns.net to route traffic from it's nameservers to my 
> dynamic ip address, since I am using roadrunner.  This service requires 
> you to use an IP address updating program to send your ip address to 
> it's servers.  The problem is, apparently, it must be run manually.  I 
> have placed it in my init.d folder, but because I do not plan on 
> rebooting this server often, I need a way to run the program at least 
> once per hour.  Is there a way in linux to schedule a program to run 
> once per hour?  What would be even better would be a script that would 
> monitor my wan ip address and run the program when it changes.  Could I 
> write a shell script that would do this, and if so, could someone give 
> me a brief example of how it might be done?
> 
> Also, I am 18 and have recently joined kclug.  Are there any other 
> members out there whom are approximately my age?  I have been using 
> linux for about 6 months now and absolutely love it.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Matthew Freeland
> 
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