From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 4 5:18:49 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 05:18:46 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fep01-svc.swip.net (fep01.swip.net [130.244.199.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C14C37B402 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 05:18:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from epsilon.swip.net ([130.244.199.71]) by fep01-svc.swip.net (InterMail vM.5.01.01.01 201-252-104) with ESMTP id <20001204131841.DBUM11829.fep01-svc.swip.net@epsilon.swip.net> for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 14:18:41 +0100 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by epsilon.swip.net (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) id OAA19167; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 14:18:28 +0100 (MET) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 14:18:28 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200012041318.OAA19167@epsilon.swip.net> X-Authentication-Warning: epsilon.swip.net: nobody set sender to hj72@everyday.com using -f From: "Hans Johannsson" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: CRON ?! Executable file ?! MIME-Version: 1.0 X-EdMessageId: 0d0b5f615e5c45124c4b105c5854474f4a52421c535f5d11571d59505d5d14124f101 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi. Im running a freebsd version called IPSO. Its kinda like a stripped freebsd version 4.0 or later i think. Id like to start CRON jobs. I know how to make the cron -e command, and how to configure the time or date i want it to execute, but i cant get it to execute the commands ive typed into a file. I made a file in VI. I dont know if thats the right thing. And saved it with the regular :w , :q! . I want to use CRON to take backups of files, every sunday. The vi file contains the dirs and files i want to backup. Anyone know how to help me out ?! /Hans To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message