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   Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:57:13 +0100   
   From: Niklaus Kuehnis    
   Subject: Re: starting a console application on first login   
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   On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Hadron wrote:   
      
   > Niklaus Kuehnis  writes:   
   >   
   > create a script file with your update lines in it.   
   > call it xxx.org   
   > ensure it is on path an executable.   
   > make its last line  "rm xxx"   
   > add a cron job in cron.daily to just "cp ~/bin/xxx.org ~/bin/xxx" where   
   "bin" is your   
   > executable directory.   
   > executr "xxx" from your .bashrc.   
   >   
   > The first time it runs it deletes itself. The cron job will replace it a   
   > day later.   
      
   Great, that works! Although I decided to do it with chmod instead of    
   rm. Thanks!   
      
   Niklaus   
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