Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 22:24:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Scott Mace <smace@metal-mail.neosoft.com> To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: problems with cron... Message-ID: <199505030424.WAA01623@metal.ops.neosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199505030419.VAA03841@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at May 2, 95 09:19:13 pm
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bingo... thats it... I've always done: crontab /etc/crontab to install the new crontab, and totally forgot that it actually parses /etc/crontab.... ok, I feel _REAL_ smart right now :-) Scott > > > > > > > Can someone test to see if crontab -e works? > > > > I did a > > > > crontab -e > > * * * * * root /bin/ls > > Now I know what your problem is, crontab -e when logged in as root > edit's /var/cron/tabs/root. Files in /var/cron *DO NOT* take a > user name field!! Only /etc/crontab does, and you use vi or any > other editor to change it, not crontab -e!!!! > > > and then: > > > > crontab -e > > > > and deleted it > > > > but it kept on running once a minute > > CHeck that /var/cron/tabs/root is empty, rm it since you probably > don't want one there anyway, kill and restart cron. > > > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD >
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