Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 14:37:12 -0600 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>, Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My cron job does not work Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011107143712.010dbb30@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20011108090526.A8451@jonc.itouch> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011107173558.00a48490@po.pacific.net.sg> <5.1.0.14.0.20011107173558.00a48490@po.pacific.net.sg>
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Well, the question I thought was too obvious was, have you first tried the command to see if it works? # /home/test/ftp_1730_doc At 09:05 AM 11.8.2001 +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: >On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 05:41:44PM +0800, Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong wrote: >> Hi ; >> I have configured crontab to run specific task at specific time under >> normal user account rather then root . But the cron job seems does not >> execute at specific time . >> Could somebody explain to me why the cron job does not exexcute ? >> Please advise . >> >> My sample crontan configuration look as follow ..... >> >> >> >> 0 10 * * * /home/test/ftp_1030_doc >> 0 17 * * * /home/test/ftp_1730_doc > > >What's the permissions on /home/test/ftp_1030_doc? What are the >contents of the file like? >-- >Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "A person should be able to do a small bit of everything, > specialisation is for insects" > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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