i can give u a newbie tip only if the 'expert' guys do not laugh at me :-)
I actually tried to use the cron and crontab files but could not understand the format of the crontab file. tried looking into docs but nothing. So I use kcron now - it lets you define a crontab file - asks cron to use that file and run your commands as you and not as root - is you use /etc/crontab the task will run as root (that was another problem I faced when I figured out the format). kcron will place your personal crontab files in /var/spool/cron directory and will have your name but you will be able to see them only if you are root. also i have managed to run 'gui based' programs by setting the DISPLAY environment variable. hope it helps navin On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 02:19, Mark D'voo wrote: > On Thursday 10 January 2002 08:17 am, you wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 January 2002 06:24 am, Mark D'voo wrote: > > > I have a bash script that I want run every hour as my regular user, how > > > do I setup cron to do this? > > > > > > mark > > > > easiest > > put the script in the /etc/cron.hourly directory. > > hmm, i put it in that directory and it never ran, YES i do have the cron > daemon running, is there anything special that needs to be in the script ?? > I finally just set it up using gts which seems to work fine > > mark > > > Gerald
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