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Date:      Sat, 9 Aug 2003 22:17:40 +0200
From:      Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>
To:        Peng Zhang <pzhang@hsph.harvard.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: about cron (newbie question)
Message-ID:  <20030809221740.29f61221.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.53.0308091509370.10217@hsph.harvard.edu>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.53.0308091509370.10217@hsph.harvard.edu>

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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 15:15:54 -0400 (EDT)
Peng Zhang <pzhang@hsph.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I don't know what is wrong with the cron on my computer. I am running
> freebsd 4.8 stable. The /etc/crontab file in my computer is:

/etc/crontab are system crontab, not user's ones.

you needn't crontab executable to set them up.
just edit the file.

> Then I typed command "crontab /etc/crontab". However I received the
> following mail:

flush your root user crontab

regard,

clem



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