Re: [expert] cron for users

[Gavin Clark]

test it with something simple. I should have though of that. ;-) I 'm in to
much of a hurry.

do you know if I can do something every 30 seconds or am I limited to 1 min.
intervals

thanks,
    Gavin

on 8/2/00 7:53 PM, Brian T. Schellenberger  wrote:

> FWIW, here was my test:
> 
> Edit .crontab; insert the following (substitute with your user name!):
> 
> * * * * * date >> /home/bts/t
> 
> crontab .crontab
> crontab -l
> touch t
> tail -f t
> 
> If this doesn't work for you, check /var/log/messages and see if it
> shows anything.
> 
> You probably want to un-do this after you finish . . .
> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Gavin Clark wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> hi,
>>> 
>>> I can't get cron to work for users.
>>> 
>>> what's the trick?
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> Gavin
>>> 
>>>