[CentOS] Cron job? or something else? help..

[Brian Mathis]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Roland Roland <R_O_L_A_N_D at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i have a certain issue at hand that i'm trying to solve.
>
> there's a certain command that i need to execute 10 minutes after boot.
> how can i set that? im not very expert with cron jobs but can it be done
> that way? i know that cronjob works on specified time but how can i set
> it to run with '10 min after startup" as a condition ?

Only you know your specific requirements, but this seems like an odd
thing to need.  Do you need to wait 10 minutes to make sure some
service is running before starting something else?  What creates the
need for a 10 minute delay?  Maybe there's a better way to handle it.