Am Sonntag, 29. August 2004 04:49 schrieb Steve Foutty:
I'm new to Fedora and would like a little help with crontab. I have a fresh install and have just configured mrtg for monitoring a few devices. I tried to follow the documentation for crontab but can't seem to get it right.
How do I put mrtg into crontab so that it runs every 5 minutes..
Thanks, Steve
5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,0 * * * * username (programmname with full path)
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Actually, the above can be summarized to: */5 * * * * username (programmname with full path)
Another approach - especially if you have more than one cronjob that needs to run every 5 minutes...
Example: This is ahow I run MRTG.
1) Make/Create a /etc/cron.5min directory
2) In /etc/crontab, add the following line: */5 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.5min
3) copy your mrtg script to /etc/cron.5min. Note: Make sure its executable.
[root@excelsior cron.5min]# pwd /etc/cron.5min [root@excelsior cron.5min]# cat run_mrtg #!/bin/sh
LANG=POSIX MRTG_DIR=/etc/mrtg/rrd
for CFG in `ls -1 ${MRTG_DIR}/*.cfg` ; do
`which mrtg` "${CFG}"
doneSteve Cowles
