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|    Ingo Juergensmann to Joacim Melin    |
|    Arexx noob needs help    |
|    08 Jan 18 21:07:36    |
   
    Hello Joacim!   
      
   08 Jan 18 20:03, you wrote to all:   
      
    JM> I'm trying to create a ARexx script that ever X number of minutes will   
    JM> execute a shell script. I'm a total noob to ARexx programming but   
    JM> here are my efforts so far:   
      
    JM> * testscript för loop */   
      
   I can't comment on the ARexx script, but when you want to execute a script   
   every x minutes, why don't you just use a cron for AmigaOS? I used to use   
   cybercron for that purpose.   
      
    JM> s:hej.scr contains one line:   
    JM> echo HELLO!   
    JM> Now, I get no output from s:hej.scr. I tried to add   
    JM> GetEnv("minoutput") to the ARexx script but that doesn't work. Also,   
    JM> I can't kill the ARexx script once it's running, either by pressing   
    JM> ctrl-c or trying to close the shell window.   
      
   Silly question: did you added the script bit to the file? protect +s s:hey.scr   
      
   Ingo   
      
      
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