El Sábado, 21 de Abril de 2007 08:51, escribió: > Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > > El Sábado, 21 de Abril de 2007 00:17, Tom Poe escribió: > >> Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > >>> 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: I thought so. Was your /etc/crontab file empty when you > >> installed FC5? > >> Tom > > > > To be honest, I can't remember but probably it wasn't empty. > > Do you have the daemon file, the man pages of cron....don't you? > > [root@Arbusto ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i crontab > > crontabs-1.10-7.1 > > > > Cheers > > Manuel: I think FC5 has a file for startup, someplace, and it calls for > cron to be run hourly, daily, etc., but it isn't the /etc/crontab file. > I am looking for someone that knows what that file is, or how FC5 > handles cron. I don't think it's handled like what you have. > Tom Of course it's not, you asked for the crontab file, not for the daemon one. Cron is launched by the /etc/init.d/crond daemon, which reads all the configuration in /etc/crontab, including of course the daily one, the hourly, weekly and stuff... -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
