> A very quick test of cron. Put this line in /etc/crontab > > * * * * * root touch /root/crontest ; echo "crontest updated" > > Then look at the file to see the date//time stamp > ls -l /root/crontest > > If cron is doing it's job the time stamp should get updated once per > minute so it should stay current on date/time forever (until you remove > the entry from /etc/crontab) You also should get an email to root once > a minute with the echoed message. > > Note, you will want to remove that line from crontab very soon. > Jeff, I get nothing. No /root/crontest file created and no messages in root's mailbox. My crontab now looks like: [root@mythtv ~]# cat /etc/crontab 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 * * * * * root touch /root/crontest ; echo "crontest updated" Should I reinstall cron? Thanks, James
