Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 12:38:52 -0500 From: Kirk Bailey <idiot1@netzero.net> To: Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cron/crontab befuddlement Message-ID: <3E0B3EAC.8070105@netzero.net> References: <3E0B2984.7020405@netzero.net> <3E0B3AFB.4050607@rogers.com>
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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.
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
>
> This says to run the command /home/mike/bin/FindAll at 15 minutes past
> 5, every day.
> The asterisks mean "ignore this field", in effect.
>
> Wday is the day of the week (I think Sunday=0, Monday 1 etc, but check)
> Month is the month, either 1-12 or a three-letter abbreviation, such as
> "Oct"
> Mday is the day of the month.
>
> So to run something at 11:15 on October 1st, you would say:
> 15 11 1 Oct * /home/me/mycommand.
>
> You must create this file by running "crontab -e", which will put you into
> your favourite editor. You can examine the file with "crontab -l"
>
> That's it, in a nutshell - details are from memory, so please check!
>
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Respectfully,
Kirk D Bailey
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