[ic] Does ANYONE know how to IC Cron?

[Grant]

> Quoting Grant <listbox at email.com> :
> >I remember reading that the IC cron feature exists, but I never
> picked on up
> >how to use it.  Now, I would really like to use it and searching
> for "cron"
> >via Swish at icdevgroup.org yields what seem to me like pretty humorous
> >results, but that could be my state of mind.  The first five are
> all people
> >wondering about the IC cron feature and the rest of the page's
> results don't
> >look relevant from the headlines.  I think I may have asked
> before myself.
> >Is this feature working?  Does anyone know how to use it?
> >
> >Apparently, Racke did provide the following:
> >
> >"
> >catalog.cfg =>
> >Jobs base_directory jobs
> >
> >jobs/lists/components =>
> >WRITING COMPONENTLIST:
> >[perl tables='catnames company component price']
> >$Tag->write_relative_file({file => 'html/xls/test1.zip',
> >body => $Tag->componentlist ({format=>'TAB', company=>'', fields=>'idf
> >process partnumber description manufacturer package datecode sellunit
> >count remarks'})});[/perl]
> >----------------------
> >
> >Execute the job
> >
> >interchange --runjobs=matstock=lists
> >"
> >
> >but I can't say I can figure it out from that.  Which I could
> though.  Can
> >anyone help with this?
>
> Grant, here is a little example on how to use IC Cron Jobs:
>
>
> #Put the following lines in catalog.cfg:
> Jobs base_directory etc
> Jobs log logs/cron.log
> Jobs email listbox at email.com (if you want any output from the cronjob be
> sent to you by email)
>
> Create a directory in the catalog directory: etc/mycronjobs
> and put a file or files containing valid ITL in it.
>
>
> As root:
> su -f -c '/usr/local/interchange-4.9.8/bin/interchange
> --runjobs=found498=mycronjobs' interch
>
> As interchange user:
> /usr/local/interchange-4.9.8/bin/interchange --runjobs=found498=mycronjobs
>
> Doing so all files in the etc/mycronjobs directory will be executed.
>
>
> Please note:
> Catalog name in this example is: found498
> Interchange install directory in this example is:
> /usr/local/interchange-4.9.8
>
> Good luck !
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ton

Awesome, thank you very much.

- Grant