On Friday 07 July 2006 22:43, Todd Zullinger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > nigel henry wrote: > > Hi. I'm interested in setting up a cronjob. I'm using FC2, and using > > the working example, crontab -l returned "no crontab for > > <user-name>" , so using the suggested syntax I added myself to > > /etc/cron.allow, but trying crontab -l still get the same result. > > Use crontab -e to edit your crontab. This will open your editor > (specified by the $VISUAL or $EDITOR variables) where you can > create/edit as you like. When you exit, your crontab will be > installed. User crontabs are stored in /var/spoool/cron/$USER, IIRC. Right. OK. Thanks to you Todd, and to Mikkel. I don't expect anyone to hold my hand through this, but crontab -e brings up a blank page with some short line markers on the left side, and "/tmp/crontab.3449" OL, OC at the bottom of the page. How do I find out which editor this is using? I've used nano a bit, but not vi, or emacs. I've been through man 5 crontab a few times, but it only shows you the layout for setting up crontab. A couple of hints would be usefull. Nigel. > > - -- > Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xD654075A | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp > ====================================================================== > There are no differences but differences of degree between different > degrees of difference and no difference. > -- William James, under nitrous oxide; 1882 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: When crypto is outlawed bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. > > iG0EARECAC0FAkSux2ImGGh0dHA6Ly93d3cucG9ib3guY29tL350bXovcGdwL3Rt > ei5hc2MACgkQuv+09NZUB1qxjQCgt3mkL9ZwWI2NxDvQnUJDkknLPBkAnjenwRlw > n7v5AunSw2Etz0ijtcOh > =rpj/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
