Re: Automatically run a script every n seconds

[babelproofreader]

Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza wrote
> Hello babelproofreader,
> in Linux you could put this in a crontab entry.
> Take care
> 
> Dieter
> Am Samstag, 4. April 2020, 18:03:43 CEST schrieb babelproofreader:
>> Is there a way to make Octave automatically run a particular script every
>> n
>> seconds, where n is user specified? The intent is to check a (financial)
>> website every n seconds for a change in the data hosted on the website
>> and
>> then take some conditional action. I suppose I could write a while loop,
>> but
>> I was wondering if there is a dedicated Octave function/method for this.
>> 
>> 
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> I am aware of this, and I have an outstanding query on Stackoverflow about
> this. The link is
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60997453/syntax-for-running-octave-script-by-crontab
>  
> 
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> Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza                    76131 Karlsruhe





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