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.TH DESKTOP-CRONISH 1
.SH NAME
desktop-cronish \- run periodic jobs in a desktop session
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B desktop-cronish
runs periodic jobs in a desktop session.
It can be used to run
.BR offlineimap (1),
for example.
.SH OPTIONS
.SH EXAMPLE
To run
.BR offlineimap (1)
every minute,
and
.BR wotsap (1)
every week,
create the following file and call it foo.cronish:
.PP
.nf
.RS
offlineimap:
    interval: 60
    timeout: 120
    command: offlineimap -u quiet

wotsap:
    trigger-file: /home/liw/.wotsapdb
    trigger-age: 604800
    command: /home/liw/bin/update-wotsap
.RE
.fi
.PP
When you log into your desktop, open a terminal and run the following
command:
.PP
.nf
.RS
desktop-cronish foo.cronish
.RE
.fi
.PP
The command will run indefinitely, until you kill it with control-C.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR fixme (1),
.BR fixme (7).