From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 26 9:50:52 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 6EBCB37B401 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:50:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DC8643EB2 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:50:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B745294; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 18:50:49 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0AE2F2FDB72; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 18:50:47 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 18:50:46 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Kirk Bailey Cc: Mike Jeays , FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cron/crontab befuddlement Message-ID: <20021226175046.GI348@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Kirk Bailey , Mike Jeays , FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3E0B2984.7020405@netzero.net> <3E0B3AFB.4050607@rogers.com> <3E0B3EAC.8070105@netzero.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E0B3EAC.8070105@netzero.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 # idiot1@netzero.net / 2002-12-26 12:38:52 -0500: > 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 ... > >That's it, in a nutshell - details are from memory, so please check! > > 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. $SHELL(1), login.conf(5) -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message