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
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