The example crontab file was altered to make it's examples invalid. They look like lines for cron, not crontab.
Please see the original crontab.example: http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob;f=misc/cronjobs/crontab.example;hb=830d1f19b458fce4ba9c03bd9aa7759e9f698def --Joe Atzberger On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Michael Hafen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'll assume you have the circulation and fines rules setup already for > overdue fines. Also it sounds like you have Koha version 3, so I'll > assume you do. > > Setting finesMode to "production" is the first step. The next is to > make a cron job to run the script "fines.pl" once a day. There is an > example cron file included with koha. In the source tree it's > misc/cronjobs/crontab.example. In the install tree it's > bin/cronjobs/crontab.example. This file is an example for the setup of > a scheduled process on a unix style system ( like Linux ). Edit this > file to suite your need. > > A few things to watch out for: > For me to get this to work I had to run each process as "root" instead > of "koha", on each line I replaced '$KOHA_USER' with 'root' > The lines near the top, PERL5LIB, KOHA_CONF, and KOHA_CRON_PATH need to > be set to match your install. > On the line for fines, you may need to change 'longoverdue.pl' to > 'fines.pl' or 'fines2.pl' depending on which version of Koha 3 you have. > If you see 'fines.pl' in the bin/cronjobs folder then that is the one to > use. > > Once this is edited to your needs copy or link it to the /etc/cron.d > directory. You may have to touch the /etc/crontab file before cron will > realize it's there. > > Once you have the cron job running properly your overdue fines show up > the next day. You can watch the system log to see if cron complains > about anything while reading the file. Mine now is complaining that the > wrong users owns the crontab file. > > Good luck. > > On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 17:46 +0200, Rubén Gómez wrote: > > Hello everybody. That's my first email so I hope I can express myself. > > > > I want to use the fines Mode but I'm not sure how to put it working. I > > have gone to "Circulation preferences" and I put the "finesMode" > > variable to "production", but it doesn't do nothing. > > > > I want to create a fine when anyone don't return a book on time, > > something like to pay $0,5 each day it overpass the "Specify Due > > Date". I suppose it must be done with "finesMode" but I don't know how > > to do it. What about "accruefines cronjob", where can I found it? > > > > I hope you can help me. > > > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha-devel mailing list > > Koha-devel@lists.koha.org > > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha.org > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >
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