cron + xfdesktop -reload

[Jens Luedicke]

Hiho....

try something like:

* * * * * DISPLAY=:0 xfdesktop -reload

this would reload xfdesktop each minute. 

I haven't tested it :)

jens

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:37:41 +0100, KUTYLA Peggy
<peggy.kutyla at laposte.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to have my "own home made change background" i.e. having
> background changed and menu desktop.
> 
> * using alt+F2 and xfdesktop -reload works fine.
> * using a script in ~/Desktop/Autosart/ saying:
>   while my xfmw4 working, sleep 10 min then do xfdesktop -reload
>   works fine.
> * play a sound every minutes works. so i'm allow to use cron.
> 
> * trying to put * * * * * xfdesktop -reload in my crontab does
>   nothing :(
> 
> Any idea about what i'm doing wrong ?
> 
> mdk 10.1 xfce 4.2 rc3
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