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How can I auto launch a program daily.

Asked by natethagreat

I need to launch a program from wine every morning and was wandering if there was a way to set up some sort of auto launcher or tash scheduler so that it will already be up and running when I get up. Is there some sort of auto launcher or task scheduler that I can use that will let me set the time to launch the program. It would be so nice if there was. I just don't know how to do it. Thanks to anybody that can help.

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Dines683 (dines683) said : 		#1

i am not an expert on that area but i think that a crontab entry is the usual way to achieve this functionality in *nix

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natethagreat (natethagreat) said : 		#2

Thanks Dines683, but I am a novice and am not quite sure what a crontab entry is or what *nix is. Please help???

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Best Dines683 (dines683) said : 		#3

cron is a time-based scheduling service in Unix-like computer operating systems.

I haven't used it my self but you can see how to use it here

http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm

alternatively you can use a GUI. I think that you can download it like this

apt-get install gnome-schedule

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natethagreat (natethagreat) said : 		#4

Thanks Dines683, that solved my question.

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Dines683 (dines683) said : 		#5

glad i could help