Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:38:50 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ertan Kucukoglu <ertank@ozlerplastik.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: crontab entries Message-ID: <200002281538.KAA03963@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <38BA764F.ED178C29@ozlerplastik.com>
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On 28-Feb-00 Ertan Kucukoglu wrote: > Hello, > > I have problems with periodic command in crontab file. > --- ># do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance > 59 1 * * * root periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root > 30 3 * * 6 root periodic weekly 2>&1 | sendmail root > 30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root > --- > > I see the man page of periodic command. It says 'periodic runs the > executable scripts and files in the specified directory.' The default > directory is /etc/periodic. > > I have cron jobs setup to run between Monday and Saturday but not > Sunday. This periodic command runs my scripts every day although I > didn't put my scripts anywhere in /etc/periodic/ Where did you put your scripts? It also runs scripts in /usr/local/etc/periodic and I think /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic. Also, what do the entries in crontab for your other cron jobs look like? > I want to disable those lines, but not sure if this leads to some > problems. > > Regards, > -- > Ertan Kucukoglu > ertank@ozlerplastik.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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