[Tutor] internet access

[Eric Brunson]

Alan Gauld wrote:
> "shawn bright" <nephish at gmail.com> wrote
>
>   
>> messenger (gaim) all night if i didn't. i have a cron script that 
>> checks the
>> hour of day, if later than x pm. does
>> os.system("/etc/init.d/network stop")
>> os.system("chmod a-x /etc/init.d/network") ( so that a reboot 
>> doesn't
>> override it )
>>     
>
> Whilst this is a Python list it might not always be the best solution.
> In the case above a shell script is probably better since all you are
> doing is calling shell commands.
>   

As my dear old dad would say, "There's a right tool for every job, and 
it's almost never vise grips."

:-)

(What do you call vise grips in the UK? Vise-grips is a trademarked name 
in the US, but has become a general term for locking pliers.  See:  
http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/detail.jhtml?prodId=IrwinProd100300)

> I assume your cron is run as root?
>
> Alan G 
>
>
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