unattended execution question

[Cindy Mazza]

Hi,

I'm having problems with my automatic backups. I have 3 scripts that
run every night, and, inevitably, the first one will stop with an
error message that I'll find when I get back in the morning. I'll
click 'OK' or whatever it wants and then it will proceed to try the
other scripts.

What I'd like to do is set it up so that if it doesn't get an answer
in, say, 5 minutes, that it continues on rather than holding everything
else up. Is that possible?

Also, what are the dangers of running backups on a machine that
someone's working on at the same time?

Thanks in advance

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- Cindy  

Cynthia L. Mazza
mailto:clm6u at virginia.edu