Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

[dwain]

On Tuesday 10 April 2007 20:03, Magnus Boman wrote:
> Dwain,
>
> On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 19:52 -0500, dwain wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it
> > Date: Tuesday 10 April 2007 02:14
> > From: Magnus Boman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: opensuse@opensuse.org
> >
> > Yhea, it's good fun to be able to control the OS instead of the OS
> > controlling you :-)
> >
> > Kind of, but I can't create the cron tab with:
> > crontab -e 27 4,16 * * * /usr/local/f-prot/tools/check-updates.pl -cron
> >
> > When I did a crontab ls -l it returned no crontab for root.  When I do
> > crontab -e it appears to open an editor.  I paste the above code it
> > doesn't add the numbers or "*".  I also find no way to save the crontab.
>
> You are suppose to type (as root); "crontab -e" (without the quotes),
> then hit enter. This will start the VI editor with root's crontab.
> You then press INSERT and then type;
>
> 27 4.16 * * * /usr/local/f-prot/tools/check-updates.pl
>
> Then hit enter, hit ESCAPTE, then type;
>
> :wq (then hit ENTER)
>
> Or simply go with the "ln -s" line that I wrote in another email. It'll
> put them in the system's crontab.
>

Here's what I got when I input like you said.  What am I doing wrong?

crontab -e
no crontab for root - using an empty one
crontab: installing new crontab

What does this mean?  Do I need to repeat the operation again?

Having more fun than a human being should have.
Dwain
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