Update every 5 seconds with a 'system' call

[Amber_1]

How would you perform a 'system' call every five seconds?

Similar to the function of top, which automatically updates.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Amber:

As a generalized example in shell syntax:

while true
do
date
sleep 5
done

...JRF...

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Amber:

Since you said system(), I'm assuming you meant C:

#define DELAY
#define TRUE (1)

int cc = 0;
while (TRUE && cc == 0)
{
cc = system("my_command");
(void) sleep((unsigned) DELAY);
}

Regards, Clay