On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 09:54 +0100, G.T.Smith wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > > On Monday 09 April 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> On Tue 10 Apr 2007 06:15, Magnus Boman wrote: > >> > >>> There are plenty of ways to do this... > >>> > >> you can make it as an executable file, called "rootcron" in directory: > >> > >> /var/spool/cron/tabs > >> > >> > >> then, execute : > >> > >> /var/spool/cron/tabs/crontab rootcron > >> > >> > >> . . . and your executable file rootcron will be installed as your new > >> crontab named "root" in the file : > >> > >> /var/spool/cron/tabs/root > >> > >> > >> [ I believe :) ] > >> > > > > There is no reason to make it executable. > > Any text file will do. It can be located anywhere. > > > > Surely some mistake here, the root cron file in the example would have > to executed to so needs execute rights :-) ... To be honest reply is a > bit ambiguous..., but the original suggestion is wildly off the mark ...
Ehh..? What are you considering "original suggestion" here? > > You do have a choice.... the //etc/cron.hourly, /etc/cron.daily and > /etc/cron.monthly directory contain system wide root jobs that are > executed at the indicated times. You can ensure a script is run a given > interval merely by placing the executable script in the relevant > directory.... The more complex option is to create a crontab table file > for a user account and activating it with the crontab command.... > > I suggest you read > > man crontab > > > > > > > agreed.. > > Cheers, Magnus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
