Re: A script that does an action every 5 minutes

Put your action in a loop and include this statement: sleep(300) as part of the loop.
So your overall code might look like:

while(condition){
##  code here
if(exit condition){
  ## code here
}else{
  sleep(300);
}
}
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At least this is what I am assuming from your question.

TStanley
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(ar0n: until) Re (2): A script that does an action every 5 minutes by ar0n (Priest) on May 26, 2001 at 02:58 UTC
I like until for doing that: `until ( $to_sleep_perchance_to_dream ) { print scalar localtime, "\n"; sleep 300; }` [download] [ ar0n ]	[reply] [d/l]