home bbs files messages ]

Just a sample of the Echomail archive

Cooperative anarchy at its finest, still active today. Darkrealms is the Zone 1 Hub.

   BBBS.ENGLISH      The International BBBS Support Echo      2,762 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 1,833 of 2,762   
   Jeff Smith to All   
   Re: Ho to create more events   
   11 Jan 17 00:15:12   
   
   >> > Another silly question I can setup more than a local event in bcfg4?   
   >> Events are always per node event. You can define up to 90 events (pgup /   
   >> pgdn  in bcfg4).   
   >> > And how can create it to run every 20 minutes?   
   >> Then you must define 72 events. I recommend using cron instead.   
   > I would agree. Using Linux I use cron for all my timed BBBS events.   
   > For a task to be run every 20 minutes I would simply use a crontab line as:   
   > */20 * * * * //   
   > You could for example use the cron line to run a backup of all your user   
   > accounts at 5 a.m every week with:   
   > 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/   
   > I have a separate HD mounted as /backups where I backup/archive stuff.   
   > Jeff   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3   
    * Origin: The OuijaBoard - Anoka, MN  (1:282/1031)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca