[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/08/2004 12:37:43 PM: > what is the 'proper' way to add stuff to cron; > > can I simply symlink ? copy ? a '/usr/local/bin/ascript' to /etc/cron.daily ? > or is there more to it ? > where do tell it what time I want it to run ? do I put a crontab entry as > the first line in the script ? > add 'stuff'? Personally, I would create a script that executes it, that is, if it needs to be somewhere else, ie in the $PATH, else just move it there. In that directory, you don't tell it what time to executes, it executes all files in /etc/cron.daily/ once a day. cat /etc/crontab for details, mine states: 25 6 * * * root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily at 6:25 am daily.
If you want to specify a time, probably best putting it in the users cron; for that type: #crontab -e man crontab(5) for details Cheers, Scott > > -- > Voytek > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
