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: # 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: * * 1,2,3,4,5 /usr/bin/open -a firefox –For Safari users: * * 1,2,3,4,5 /usr/bin/open -n -a safari 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: * * 1,2,3,4,5 DISPLAY=localhost:0.0; export DISPLAY; /usr/bin/firefox Save it & exit the editor

For CSC folks Substitute the following URL: with

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)