hi !!
> Dear Gandhi
> I encounter the same problem. Though crontab -l shows that the cron
> active, it never worked. I have done the following
> crontab -e
> * 2* * * cp /home/sangu/* /usr2/
> and stored it. I expect every day at 2 am this cron to copy to /usr2
> location. I have privileges for this. Any help?
a'm using cron and its working perfectly pls check out following points
1. use
#ps -aux | grep crond
to see wether "crond" is there or not
if not start cornd
2. make shell script that u want to execute, in yr bin dir
like /home/shubh/bin/myscript
3. now make a file that is having cron command
like ( lets suppose the file name is cron.test ; this is my way of
doing the thing u may edit using crontab -e directly )
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
0,15,30,45 * * * * /home/shubh/bin/myscript
( if myscript produces some op u need Mailto tag otherwise the op can
redirected well to some file)
4. now add it to cron using
# crontab cron.test
>
> Can I create a file- copy.cron in /etc/cron.daily directory which has the
> above job?
> sangunni
>
don't edit /etc/cron.* files manualy
last point just see wether crontab command have setuserid bit on or not
it not make it on and for more information use man 5 crontab
this will certainly work ...
shubh
REC-Surat
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