Conky - How can I run a command once every few hours?

[elmer_42]

I am trying to run a command every few hours. I am trying to add an MLB score checker to my desktop. The command in question is posted here. Does anybody know of a way to do this?

[cammin]

$execi or $texeci

If you want to get really fancy. You can make a script that adds conky variables (such as $color) to the text and use
$execpi which will then parse the variables.

Try both execi and texeci to see which one works better. I'm guessing texeci will, but you never know.

The syntax should be something like...
${texeci 7200 lynx -nonumbers -dump http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/scoreboard | egrep -i -A12 -B2 Toronto}

7200 is the interval in seconds.