In article <F39pkNzPZrIkyPzGNso00022b3c at hotmail.com> you write: >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 In /etc/crontab, add the line 01 * * * * root <your_ip_update_script> This runs your_ip_update_script every hour at :01 as root. Regards, -Don