Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:24:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Kercher <mike@synwork.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell script problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961024202345.15070K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961023124059.27691A-100000@synwork.com>
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On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Mike Kercher wrote: > Is there a way to put a process that is started by a shell script (run by > cron) in the foreground? Whenever this process is started by cron, it > ends up using like 98% of my CPU! Please help! Why on earth would you want to put it in the foreground? cron is meant to run behind everything; you won't necessarily be logged in when the cron task starts. Check your script; make sure some program isn't throwing a fit. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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