On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Sthu Deus <sthu.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good day. > > > I can not set up cron. This is what I have as I tested it (I tried for daily > only for now): > > At 3:40 I put into /etc/crontab: > 50 3 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || (cd / && run-parts > --report /etc/cron.daily ) > > in /etc/cron.daily I put file A with single line: > date > /tmp/cron-ran > > At 3:50 I have checked /tmp looking for A file - but it is not. > > As I do understand, the report of the run jobs should be put to > /var/spool/cron or in /var/spool/cron/crontabs dir. (?), but it is empty. > > So, what is wrong w/ my set up? Maybe cron wants to tell you something with a email, did you check /var/mail/mail ?
It depends on how you have configure the mail system. cron.daily will run the next day in the morning Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
