Ed Wilts, RHCE wrote: > On 11/20/2004 07:59 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm trying to write a crontab entry to run yum update at 0100 and this is >> as far as I've got '0 1 * * * /usr/bin/yum update' but I'm unsure if this >> will work. Can anyone reassure me please, or if not, what is the correct >> syntax? >> >> I know that I can run it as a 'service' but that means that it runs at >> the same time as logwatch and it then doesn't get recorded in logwatch, >> so I'm hoping that if I run it in advance of logwatch, then logwatch will >> record it. > > Simply take /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron and move it to /usr/local/bin. Edit > it to remove the if/fi block. Then your crontab entry would be: > > 0 1 * * * /usr/local/bin/yum.cron > > This is all that would be left of yum.cron: > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/yum -R 10 -e 0 -d 0 -y update yum > /usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0 -y update > > .../Ed > Thanks Ed, this worked pefectly :) Sharon. -- 11:35:06 up 3 days, 21:13, 1 user, load average: 1.24, 1.25, 1.26 Linux is like a wigwam, no windows, no gates, apache inside. Fedora Core 3, KDE 3.3.1-2.2, OpenOffice 1.1.3 Registered Linux user 334501
