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Date:      Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:05:26 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: My cron job does not work
Message-ID:  <20011108090526.A8451@jonc.itouch>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011107173558.00a48490@po.pacific.net.sg>; from nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 05:41:44PM %2B0800
References:  <5.1.0.14.0.20011107173558.00a48490@po.pacific.net.sg>

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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 05:41:44PM +0800, Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong wrote:
> Hi ;
>     I have configured crontab to run specific task at specific time under 
> normal user account rather then root .  But the cron job seems does not 
> execute at specific time .
>     Could somebody explain to me why the cron job does not exexcute ? 
> Please advise .
> 
> My sample crontan configuration look as follow .....
> 
> 
> 
> 0 10 * * *  /home/test/ftp_1030_doc
> 0 17 * * *  /home/test/ftp_1730_doc


What's the permissions on /home/test/ftp_1030_doc? What are the
contents of the file like?
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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