El Sábado, 21 de Abril de 2007 00:06, Tom Poe escribió: > Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > > El Viernes, 20 de Abril de 2007 23:44, Tom Poe escribió: > >> 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 > > > > Actually, it's up to you, whatever suits for you :-) > > Cheers > > Manuel: Please share your FC5 crontab file. Mine is empty. What's in > yours? > Thanks, Tom I already did it :-) [manu@Arbusto ~]$ 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 00 11 * * * root /home/manu/babelserver.sh -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.