In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Keeline
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>--- Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Slightly off topic, but I have written a program in PHP that needs to be
>> run by Cron.  There is no control panel, but I have Putty SSH access, so
>> that I can use Subversion.
>> 
>> If I connect via Putty, then type crontab -e, which I thought would
>> bring up the current cron jobs - it just says, "No crontab for pete".  I
>> guess that I (pete) don't have permission to access the main crontab
>> list.  There are some crons already scheduled, which I cannot see.  Does
>> that sound correct?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Pete Clark
>
>Are they cron jobs for your specific user or are they system-wide ones?

Does it matter?  I suppose that they are system wide ones.  They update
certain files once a day.

>Also, user crontabs depend on the individual machine.  If your host has
>multiple machines, say one for SVN but another for the Apache/MySQL then that
>could be an explanation.

one dedicated server

>When you are logged in to that server can you see your PHP scripts and other
>web files?

yes, and of course I can wander below (above?) the root folder, into the
non-public areas.

>You may need to check with your sysadmin to find out how they have this set up.

I was hoping to figure it out for myself... <G>

>
>James


-- 
Pete Clark

Sunny Andalucia
http://hotcosta.com/Andalucia.Spain

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