On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:45:41 +0000 (UTC), Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Anita Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Beside using start-stop-daemon, su or sudo, you could just use cron. As
>>> the user run "crontab -e" and use @reboot as time argument.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yours sincerely,
>>> Alexander
>>
>>I tried doing this with @reboot in all the time arguments and in just the
>>minutes. When I reboot, neither way works. How exactly do I put @reboot in
>>the crontab? Could you give me an example, please?
>>
>>Here is what I have currently:
>>
>>@reboot * * * * fahstart
>>
>>'fahstart' is what I normally type to get [EMAIL PROTECTED] going. It's a little
>>script in ~/bin.
>
> Something like this:
>
>=-=-=-=-=
>
> # Set the path
> PATH=/home/ajlewis2/bin:$PATH
>
> # Run fahstart at boot time.
> @reboot fahstart
>
>=-=-=-=-=
> Mike.
>
Here is what I have in crontab. The funny thing is that when I put all
asterisks in for the time and day, Folding starts when the clock ticks one
minute. I waited several minutes after rebooting and it did not start. Is
it possible that @reboot is an alias or something?
10 17 * * * fetchmail -d 300
PATH=/home/ajlewis2/bin:$PATH
@reboot fahstart
Thanks,
Anita
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