Re: crontab ?
The reason I asked that crontab problem was,
I use crontab using Backup scripts using <file> and it always works fine
and if I stop outgoing network traffic using crontab + ipchains rules
everything works well too.
The main problem is, why does cron not understand network parameters while using
specific <file>.
I have tried ifconfig eth0 down, /etc/init.d/networking stop, etc... simulating
Madrakes usernet command,
and have test it with different distros,using different editors too,
like Suse FreeBsd, and Rh -based os:s, with same success.
Timo
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Justin B Rye wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 01:56:02PM +0000, Justin B Rye wrote:
> >> This is a strange way to want to set a crontab...
>
> Dave Sherohman wrote:
> > Actually, considering that it's how crontab expects to work if no flags are
> > given, I suspect that `crontab <filename>` is the most historically standard/
> > normal way to use it.
>
> Doh, yes - just like ln is "normally" used for creating hard links!
>
> >> Why do you want to do this anyway? Isn't it simpler to edit the
> >> crontab directly with "crontab -e"?
>
> > Don't know if it's why the OP was doing it this way but potato's elvis
> > returns an exit status of 1 even if it exits cleanly. crontab sees this,
> > assumes an error, and doesn't update anything. So, if elvis is your default
> > editor, `crontab -e` doesn't work. (This has been fixed in woody.)
>
> Wasn't the problem that "crontab -e" did work and "crontab <file>"
> didn't?
>
> (If it *is* an editor problem, the solution is of course to start
> with "export EDITOR=emacs" - or nano, or whatever - though if you can
> write working crontabs, odds are you'll probably know this.)
> --
> Justin B Rye - writing from but not for Datacash Ltd
>
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