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Time Sheet Reminder For the UNIX based OSes: Mac OS X Linux Solaris
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Simple Solution Use the OS’s cron to start up the command
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Crontab Information This description, about the crontab entry, was found in the wiki at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crontabhttp://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
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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.eduhttp://mytime.stsci.edu –For Safari users: 30 16 * * 1,2,3,4,5 /usr/bin/open -n -a safari http://mytime.stsci.eduhttp://mytime.stsci.edu Save it & exit the editor Suggestion: use the free GUI app “CronniX” to edit your crontab
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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.eduhttp://mytime.stsci.edu Save it & exit the editor
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For CSC folks Substitute the following URL: http://mytime.stsci.edu with https://etes.csc.com/iTES/loginframe.htm
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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)
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