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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: starting a console application on first login   
   Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:06:58 +0100   
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   Niklaus Kuehnis  writes:   
      
   > 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   
      
   you mean you stop it being executable? Doesnt that result in a "no   
   command found" or do you check the permissions before tryint to execute   
   it from the bashrc?   
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