Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:42:18 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Graham White" <graham@bravenet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cron Message-ID: <15171.57882.968734.819186@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <41469791@toto.iv>
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Graham White <graham@bravenet.com> types: > Greetings, I am trying to set up a script file to be automatically run by > cron every morning. The script works when I manually execute it. The path > and time variables for the script file are correct but when the time comes > for it to run nothing happens. If I set up the crontab file with the > command(that I have in the script file) itself rather than the path to the > script file it works! I've tried different permission settings but no luck. > Any suggestions? Karl covered dealing with cron proper. Another option is to move the script into /usr/local/etc/periodic/daily with the appropriate name and permissions. Then the periodic system would execute it every day with the other local periodic additions. See periodic(8) and periodic.conf(5) for more information. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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