Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 09:16:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca> To: Lord Raiden <dragoncrest@voyager.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Event Trigger Message-ID: <20021006091025.Y1552-100000@dhcp-17-14.kico2.on.cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20021006013105.009687c0@pop.voyager.net>
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On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Lord Raiden wrote: > Hi. I'm looking for a simple way to implement a trap and trigger so to > speak. I'm wanting to setup the system so that the moment it detects a > certain event in the system, it immediately executes another script or > program to do something else, but not before, not after. I thought about > Cron, but the thing is, I don't know when these events will happen so since > they're so random, I need something to identify them then immediately run > another script or program at that exact moment. Any suggestions? I haven't used it myself, but this was what the Expect language was designed for. You'll find it in /usr/ports/devel/expect. These will also get you started if you decide to give it a go: http://expect.nist.gov http://www.samag.com/documents/s=7237/sam0207a/0207a.htm Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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