RE: can't use cron
If you're trying to add the line as given:
0 1 * * 5 root /root/update
remove the word root after the number 5. This field is for a command, not a
user. You might also want to clean it up so that any test output is handled
correctly, such as:
0 1 * * 5 /root/update > /dev/null 2>&1 # Some comment for documentation
-mk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim De Smaele [mailto:kdsmaele@triennium.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:21 AM
> To: Colin Watson
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: can't use cron
>
>
> maybe it's just a litle mistake:
>
> make sure you are root ( I made this mistake once ! )
>
> greets,
> Kim:
>
> Colin Watson wrote:
>
> > 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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