On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 15:42 -0500, Tom Poe wrote: > 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 log in as the user you want to run the program and then run: crontab -e This will open an edit window where you can enter the crontab entry.