On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> > >>man cron gives:
> > >>
> > >>crontab [-u user] file
> > >>
> > >>'file' being the important part, methinks. ;)
> > >
> > >I'm not sure what you mean ... If you're wondering, I'm using the
> > > main crontab file (/etc/crontab), as right now there's
On Thursday 26 August 2004 04:04 pm, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> >On Thursday 26 August 2004 08:28 am, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P."
> >
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Unlike the system crontab, user crontabs, including root's, are
> >>u
Joshua Tinnin wrote:
On Thursday 26 August 2004 08:28 am, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Unlike the system crontab, user crontabs, including root's, are
under /var/cron; the file format is slightly different, and misuse
of the system crontab for regular jobs is the c
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:48:19 -0700
kstewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 26 August 2004 01:15 pm, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> > On Thursday 26 August 2004 02:28 am, kstewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > On Thursday 26 August 2004 01:09 am, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 26
On Thursday 26 August 2004 01:15 pm, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> On Thursday 26 August 2004 02:28 am, kstewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thursday 26 August 2004 01:09 am, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> > > On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:42 am, epilogue
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
On Thursday 26 August 2004 02:28 am, kstewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 26 August 2004 01:09 am, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> > On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:42 am, epilogue
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:07:26 -0700
> > >
> > > Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PR
On Thursday 26 August 2004 08:28 am, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> >On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:42 am, epilogue
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >wrote:
> >>On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:07:26 -0700
> >>
> >>Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
Paul Schmehl said:
> Just out of curiosity, why would you use cron rather than
> /etc/periodic/daily?
If you want something to run at a different time of day than the daily
scripts. You could modify /etc/crontab and move the time around, but the rest
of the scripts still follow and most of us hav
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:48:53AM -0400, Lucas Holt wrote:
> Here is my setup which works:
>
> crontab -e yeilds
> 0 1 * * * /bin/sh /root/bin/port.sh 2>&1 | mail root
>
> port.sh contains:
> #!/bin/sh
>
> /usr/local/bin/cvsup /etc/ports-supfile
> /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu
> /usr/local/
--On Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:07:26 AM -0700 Joshua Tinnin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK, I have searched the archives, and I can't find that my question has
been answered previously, but please forgive me if that's incorrect.
I'm using (or rather trying to use) cron to update my ports tree d
Here is my setup which works:
crontab -e yeilds
0 1 * * * /bin/sh /root/bin/port.sh 2>&1 | mail root
port.sh contains:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/cvsup /etc/ports-supfile
/usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu
/usr/local/sbin/portversion -v | /usr/bin/grep "<"
then this gets mailed to me everyday with the
Joshua Tinnin wrote:
On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:42 am, epilogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:07:26 -0700
Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK, I have searched the archives, and I can't find that my question
has been answered previously, but please forgive me
On Thursday 26 August 2004 01:09 am, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:42 am, epilogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:07:26 -0700
> >
> > Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > OK, I have searched the archives, and I can't find that my question
On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:42 am, epilogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:07:26 -0700
>
> Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > OK, I have searched the archives, and I can't find that my question
> > has been answered previously, but please forgive me if that's
> > i
On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:19 am, Subhro Kar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> First of all, you need to read the manual page for cvsup. It is
> clearly stated that the option -L shows the amount of verbosity cvsup
> maintains. If you are running it from inside a script, then either
> you have to
>
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:07:26 -0700
Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, I have searched the archives, and I can't find that my question has
> been answered previously, but please forgive me if that's incorrect.
>
> I'm using (or rather trying to use) cron to update my ports tree daily.
First of all, you need to read the manual page for cvsup. It is
clearly stated that the option -L shows the amount of verbosity cvsup
maintains. If you are running it from inside a script, then either you
have to
reduce the verbosity to 1 ie, the command will be cvsup -g -L 1 supfile
OR
redirect th
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OK, I have searched the archives, and I can't find that my question has been
ans
OK, I have searched the archives, and I can't find that my question has
been answered previously, but please forgive me if that's incorrect.
I'm using (or rather trying to use) cron to update my ports tree daily.
I've tried several different combinations without success, and lately
this is what
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