Mick writes:
> I am getting a bit confused from the messages that I receive in my
> gmail account sent from my crontab.
>
> First, is related to the title which is:
>
> Cron <r...@mylaptop> test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons &&
> /usr/sbin/run-crons
>
> I am not sure what this "test -x" part represents?
It means: If /usr/sbin/run-crons is executable, execute it. It could also
be written as
[ -x /usr/sbin/run-crons ] && /usr/sbin/run-crons
or
f=/usr/sbin/run-crons
if [ -x $f ]
then
$f
fi
No idea about your other question, though.
Wonko
