Re: How to schedule for a repeated task?

[Om Prakash <torque.india@gmail.com>]

On Sunday 02 May 2010 04:16 PM, d.sastre.medina@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 10:11:43AM +0100, hadi motamedi wrote:
>    
> > Dear All
> > I need to schedule for a repeated task on my Debian server, as the
> > followings:
> > -) Telnet to a remote node
> > -) Issue a command
> > -) Capture the output in a log
> > -) Logout from Telnet
> > -) Wait for a prescribed time interval
> > -) Then redo , but append the subsequent output in just on file
> > Can you please let me know which options do we have to write such a task?
> > Thank you
> >      
> Hello,
>
> For that task, you want expect.
> To schedule it, you need cron.
>
> Regards.
>
>    
yes expect will help better to achieve telnetting part.

you can either use at or cron to schedule it.