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Re: can't use cron



dko <dko@snaiso.com> wrote:
>I wrote a script and I want cron to start it everyweek
>I added 10 1 * * 5  root  /root/update in crontab file and restarted cron
>when I put crontab -l, it says no crontab for root ?!?

root's crontab is different from /etc/crontab (you edit root's crontab
with 'crontab -e'). As long as /root/update is executable, what you've
done should work fine.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]



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