At 12:38 PM 12.26.2002 -0500, Kirk Bailey wrote: >ok, this is making sense. Do you recall how to configure the FreeBSD so it >will define a preferred editor in the environment? As of now, it runs the >default of vi, which I dispise,. I have ee and pico in my box, and >generally run pico. > > > >Mike Jeays wrote: >> Kirk Bailey wrote: >> >>> ok, I read man cron and man crontab, and it's as clear as mud. >>> Anyplace I can read more and maybe make the light dawn on this useful >>> feature? OR, would anyone care to explain more? >>> >> Basically, you create a file where each line is a command to be executed >> on a given schedule. The line looks like this (first line is a >> descriptive comment): >> >> #minute hour mday month wday command >> 15 5 * * * >> /home/mike/bin/FindAll >> >> This says to run the command /home/mike/bin/FindAll at 15 minutes past >> 5, every day. >> The asterisks mean "ignore this field", in effect. >> >> Wday is the day of the week (I think Sunday=0, Monday 1 etc, but check) >> Month is the month, either 1-12 or a three-letter abbreviation, such as >> "Oct" >> Mday is the day of the month. >> >> So to run something at 11:15 on October 1st, you would say: >> 15 11 1 Oct * /home/me/mycommand. >> >> You must create this file by running "crontab -e", which will put you into >> your favourite editor. You can examine the file with "crontab -l" >> >> That's it, in a nutshell - details are from memory, so please check! >>
No, you don't need to run "crontab -e" and can use Pico as follows (also use the setenv to keep the editor as Pico): Within each $HOME, just create a regular file using your preferred Pico editor and name the file "cronfile" or whatever and set up the same fields. You can copy the file from: /usr/share/examples/etc/crontab ...to the various user homes. After edits for commands, then just run "crontab cronfile" within each user being setup. running "crontab -l" will confirm if the file is active according to your setup. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
