Time Sheet Reminder
For the UNIX based OSes:
Mac OS X
Linux
Solaris
Simple Solution
Use the OS’s cron to start up the command
Crontab Information
• This description, about the crontab entry, was found in
the wiki at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crontab
#+---------------- minute (0 - 59)
# | +------------- hour (0 - 23)
# | | +---------- day of month (1 - 31)
# | | | +------- month (1 - 12)
# | | | | +---- day of week (0 - 7) (Sunday=0 or 7)
#| | | | |
* * * * * Command_to_be_executed
• For information about the UNIX shells, crontabs, or
setting environment variables, such as “DISPLAY=” and
“export”, search google.com or wikipedia.com
For Mac OS X
• Start a terminal
• At the prompt type:
crontab –e
• Within the editor add the following line:
– For Firefox users:
30
16
*
*
1,2,3,4,5
/usr/bin/open -a firefox http://mytime.stsci.edu
– For Safari users:
30
16
*
*
1,2,3,4,5
/usr/bin/open -n -a safari http://mytime.stsci.edu
• Save it & exit the editor
• Suggestion: use the free GUI app “CronniX” to edit your
crontab
For Linux & Solaris
• Start a terminal
• At the prompt type:
crontab –e
• Within the editor add the following line:
30
16
*
*
1,2,3,4,5
DISPLAY=localhost:0.0; export DISPLAY; /usr/bin/firefox http://mytime.stsci.edu
• Save it & exit the editor
For CSC folks
• Substitute the following URL:
http://mytime.stsci.edu
with
https://etes.csc.com/iTES/loginframe.htm
Thanks for their assistance:
•
•
•
•
•
Josh Greenberg (JHU P&A System Administrator)
Andrew Spina (ST APT developer)
Patrick McCauley (ST APT developer)
Rob Hawkins (ST PCG developer)
Sara Anderson (ST DPAS developer)