Re: create cron in FC5 question

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El Viernes, 20 de Abril de 2007 23:44, Tom Poe escribió:
> Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> > 2007/4/20, Tom Poe <tompoe@xxxxxxxx>:
> >> I googled for cron howto, and noticed that the /etc/crontab file is
> >> empty.  I want to run an event on a daily basis, and need to know where
> >> to add, and how to add an event to run jpodcatcher once a day.  Any help
> >> appreciated.
> >> Tom
> >
> > First off, if you want it to run in the system cron, just
> > /etc/crontab, on the other hand if you want it as an user cron, just:
> > crontab -e
> > Anyways, this is an example of a basic job running daily at, for
> > instance, 11:00 AM
> >
> > SHELL=/bin/bash
> > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> > MAILTO=root
> > HOME=/
> >
> > # run-parts
> > 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> > 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> > 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> > 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
> > 00 11 * * * root /home/manu/babelserver.sh
> >
> > got it?
> >
> > You might want to read the Crontab manual.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> > All the best.
> >
> > Manuel.
>
> Manuel:  Thanks.  Sounds right to me.  Problem is, on my FC5, the
> /etc/crontab file is empty.  There are directories for cron.daily,
> cron.weekly, etc.  When I cd to those directories, there are several
> files, each of which is running a shell script.  So, do I have to create
> a shell script, and copy it to the directory I want, or can I place a
> cron command someplace?
> Tom

Actually, it's up to you, whatever suits for you :-)
Cheers

-- 
Manuel Arostegui Ramirez.

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