Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:49:04 -0800 From: "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org> To: "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org>, "Kirk Bailey" <idiot1@netzero.net>, "Mike Jeays" <mj001@rogers.com> Cc: <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cron/crontab befuddlement Message-ID: <007f01c2ad07$14f6cc50$3224200a@me3> References: <3E0B2984.7020405@netzero.net> <3E0B3AFB.4050607@rogers.com> <3E0B3EAC.8070105@netzero.net> <005a01c2ad06$b0444b70$3224200a@me3>
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also, pico's wordwrap can be a problem, so when you use it on critical
system files, you may want to invoke it with the -w switch, disabling
linewrap.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org>
To: "Kirk Bailey" <idiot1@netzero.net>; "Mike Jeays" <mj001@rogers.com>
Cc: <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: cron/crontab befuddlement
> 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" <idiot1@netzero.net>
> To: "Mike Jeays" <mj001@rogers.com>
> Cc: <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> 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
> >
> >
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