Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:58:35 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Ryan Hill" <rhill@xypoint.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: stupid crontab syntax question Message-ID: <009401c1e713$6cf0cd80$14ec910c@daleco> References: <38985D9205A0D411A10500508B10DE6602997415@ebert.xypoint.com>
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Funny, if it works in /bin/sh, it should run with cron. Check your command in /sh and see if you get desired result. Don't know about logrotate, but several binaries use the -c switch to indicate the .conf file, so have you tried .... 0 1 * * 1-7 /usr/local/sbin/logrotate -c /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf Just a guess, based on a couple of entries in my crontab. As for cron itself, the entry above should run it daily at 0100 hours. I found some cron help from an article on the web, don't know where it was, but have a hard copy here. Try googling "Mo Budlong Unix Insider cron basics" and see if it comes up. Best of luck, Kevin Kinsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Hill" <rhill@xypoint.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:44 PM Subject: stupid crontab syntax question > ok, > > I know this is a newb question, but can someone tell what the crontab syntax > is for the following command: > > /usr/local/sbin/logrotate /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf > > This command should run daily. I've tried a bunch of different variations > and the man page for crontab sucks. > > Thanks, > > Ryan Hill, MCSE > Manager, Technical Support (aka IT Ninja) > Corporate Information Systems > TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) - http://www.telecomsys.com > v: 206.792.2276 - f: 206.792.2001 > > > 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
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