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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Saligrama Subbarao)
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Subject: Re: Use the time in a script?
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Date: 27 Sep 90 23:26:35 GMT
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In article <14183@hydra.gatech.EDU> ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) writes:
>I would like to make sure that a script or program is not executed during
>a certain period of every hour.  Is there an elegant method to achieve this,
>short of an additional C program?
>
>Eric


How 'bout this:

#! /bin/csh -f
mv filename filename.dontusenow
sleep 3000
mv filename.dontusenow filename

# If more is required, then perhaps a chmod 000 filename, or a message printed when the
# file is executed?

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