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Date:      Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:23:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
To:        Peter Salvage <wizard@sybaweb.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cron assistance please
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009291922110.72839-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <025601c02960$f49e7b00$0200a8c0@ait.co.za>

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On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Peter Salvage wrote:

> > Use the "crontab" command (man 1 crontab) to edit a user-specific
> > crontab or add your script to the /etc/crontab file (= root crontab
> > - see man 8 cron for details).
> 
> hmmm I think I see what to do...I create a file in /var/cron/tabs called
> "exim" (that's what Exim runs under) containing just this line:
> 1 0 * * * /usr/exim/bin/exicyclog
> 
> ...which should call the relevant exim utility.
> 
> Yes?

	No. Please read the crontab man pages very carefully, then if
you're still confused please post a question on
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org.

Good luck,

Doug
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