Thanks guys, I got that added, export works fine... just gotta get the format right so it runs every 5 minutes. also, if for some reason it hasn't finished running from the previous time, is there a way to stop it running again? I don't want to crash my system by having 200 copies running by tomorrow morning... (actually, at every 5 minutes, it would no doubt happen much sooner then tomorrow morning..) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ed Kasky Sent: Sunday, 23 September 2001 10:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] crontab -e doesn't work... Crontab is working - what you are seeing is the vi editor.... Not my favorite editor in the world that's for sure. ;-) In order to be able to edit the file, press the insert key - you will see --INSERT-- at the bottom of the screen. (F1 brings up the help screen.) once you are done editing, press "esc" then ":" the "wq" for write/quit. If you did the steps correctly you will see a message that indicates a new crontab has been installed... O'Reilly puts out a good pocket reference fo rthe vi editor. I think I picked one up for $5 US or so... Ed ~~ At 09:53 PM Sunday, 9/23/2001, you wrote -=> >Hi all, > >I have been trying to add an entry to contab for root on my mdk 7.2 system.. > >when I type crontab -e it brings up a screen with an entry at the top and >one at the bottom and a funny ~ char at the start of all the lines in >between. > >like so: > > >0 * * * * /etc/iscan/prescan.cgi >/dev/null 2>&1 >~ >~ > >I cut out a heap of these characters, but you get the point. >~ >~ >~ >~ >~ >~ >"/tmp/crontab.16832" 1L, 49C > >I can't seem to add one and I really need to. > >I want to add something like: > >05 * * * * /sbin/nimda >/dev/null 2>&1 > >so that it runs my scan that adds nimda and code red clients to my ipchains >rules to block them... > >it needs to run alot so I figure that every five minutes would be good. >(have I done that right?) > >can anyone tell me why I can't enter anything? and can't I just edit a file >with mcedit? > >I can move the cursur to the start and end of the top line, but nowhere >else, and I can't get a newline (also, I am trying to do this via ssh as >root.) > > >any suggestions would be much appreciated. > > >regards > >Frank > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . . . Don't worry about the horse being blind. Just load up the wagon. ~~ John Madden
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