Timing An Execution 1

[iaresean]

Hello all, I have a problem:

Is it at all possible for me to run a script for example and then from that script tell linux to execute another script in for example 5 minutes?
If this is possible could you possibly give me a short example of how to do this.

Any and all effort put in to solving my problem is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
An inexperienced programmer.

 

[Ygor]

It's possible using the at command, eg....
[tt]
echo "/path/to/script" | at now +5 minutes

 

[iaresean]

Thanks Ygor,
Could you possibly clear one thing up for me. Will this merely output whatever is inside "/my/script" or will it actually allow "/my/script" to execute the commands it contains.
Please excuse me if this is a stupid question, I am very inexperienced.
Thanks alot.

 

[Ygor]

The cron daemon will run the script in the background.

 

[iaresean]

Help!
I tested it and it worked. But as soon as I incorporate the command into my cgi script using the following command:

system("echo '/path/to/script' | at now +5 minutes"

It never executes. What is going wrong?

 

[iaresean]

Nope, sorry my mistake. It is working. Thanks for the quick response Ygor. You get a star.

 

[bi]

You could also add a sleep command (sleep 300) to execute the rest of the script after 5 minutes.