From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 26 9:46:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2885A37B401 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:46:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from entwistle.sonicboom.org (node-423a3b1b-san-onnet.worldcom.com [66.58.59.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A28C43EB2 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:46:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from me3 (gateway.sonicboom.org [66.58.59.29]) by entwistle.sonicboom.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id gBQHk7xd007119; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:46:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Message-ID: <005a01c2ad06$b0444b70$3224200a@me3> From: "Brian" To: "Kirk Bailey" , "Mike Jeays" Cc: References: <3E0B2984.7020405@netzero.net> <3E0B3AFB.4050607@rogers.com> <3E0B3EAC.8070105@netzero.net> Subject: Re: cron/crontab befuddlement Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:46:15 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG this is a little shell dpendent. I am a tcsh guy, so I can type setenv and see several settings including EDITOR. If I want to change it, I type setenv EDITOR pico, if I wanted pico as an example. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Bailey" To: "Mike Jeays" Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 9:38 AM Subject: Re: cron/crontab befuddlement > 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! > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > end > > Respectfully, > Kirk D Bailey > > > +---------------------"Thou Art Free." -Eris-----------------------+ > | http://www.howlermonkey.net mailto:highprimate@howlermonkey.net | > | KILL spam dead! http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam/#Pledge | > | http://www.tinylist.org +--------+ mailto:grumpy@tinylist.org | > +------------------Thinking| NORMAL |Thinking----------------------+ > +--------+ > > --------------------------------------------- > Introducing NetZero Long Distance > 1st month Free! > Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message