Cron jobs are something run at a specifically scheduled time, just once or repeatedly. Any cron job can be activated from the Unix/Linux command line.
Its inserted into the cron belonging to the user it should run as. So, if the job is supposed to run as the user "apache", it is inserted into the user "apache"s cron. The easiest way to do that is "crontab -u USER -e". And "crontab -u USER -l" will list the cron for that user. Once in the cron, you are using the standard VI editor (hope you know how). Enter the job schedule using the five fields Minute/Hour/DayOfMonth/Month/DayOfWeek. A * signifies ALL in any field entered. So "01 * 01 * *" would run a job the first minute of every hour on the first day of every month no matter what day of the week it is. Simarily, "*/5 * 1,7,14,21,28 * *" would run a cron job every five minutes of every hour on the 1st, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th days of the month. After the schedule in the cron entry, put in the complete command line entry that runs the job. Use complete path statements to the command to be sure it can find it (don't depend on the user's path configuration). So, to see a directory list -- don't put in just "ls", use the full path/command like "/bin/ls". Save the VI session and you're done. Be sure to check the /var/log/cron file to be sure the job is being run after the proper times. Chuck On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 19:08, Michelle Cassidy wrote: > Joel, > Did you ever figure out how to run the frontpage usage reports with your > unix server? The only thing I can find is concerning creating a cron > job - which I know nothing about. Please let me know if you have found > any useful info or links. > > Thanks, > > Michelle > > > ---- > > _______________________________________________ > Apache-FP mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.joshie.com/mailman/listinfo/apache-fp > > Donations: > http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PT5LZITM9L227 > _______________________________________________ Apache-FP mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.joshie.com/mailman/listinfo/apache-fp Donations: http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PT5LZITM9L227
