Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:58:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: druid@eoe-magical.org (Donald) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crontab entry Message-ID: <199903210158.UAA03305@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <36F370F7.E821252D@eoe-magical.org> from Donald at "Mar 20, 99 09:57:11 am"
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Donald wrote, > 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * root /usr/majordomo/wrapper > mj_key_cache 2>&1 | sendmail root > > I put this entry into crontab, ran crontab crontab and get emailed an > error > > root : not found > > it supposed to run every five minutes all the time > can someone help with the correct systax. Despite a number of responses, no one has told you exactly what you need to do. Put the following line in '/etc/crontab,' */5 * * * * root /usr/majordomo/wrapper mj_key_cache 2>&1 | sendmail root This is the same thing you have with the slightly more 'elegant' use of '*/5' rather than a list of minutes. Do NOT use the 'crontab' command when adding things to /etc/crontab. If you wanted to add this to root's regular crontabs, you would, # crontab -e Then add the line, */5 * * * * /usr/majordomo/wrapper mj_key_cache 2>&1 | sendmail root You are confusing the format of /etc/crontab versus the crontab command. The crontab command is for user crontabs while /etc/crontab is for system crontabs (your idea where to draw the line when it comes to root's crontabs may vary). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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