Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:30:15 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Kaya Saman <SamanKaya@netscape.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crontab not working?? Message-ID: <6BD85777-C14C-4F0F-83AD-9DEF52D22E85@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4B4E6337.5000806@netscape.net> References: <4B4E6337.5000806@netscape.net>
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Hi-- On Jan 13, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Kaya Saman wrote: > It didn't work so I tried to cut down areas which I suspected might not work and ended up with the syntax below for root: > > crontab -l shows: > > @reboot root /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl > 02 4 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl You're using the syntax for a system-wide crontab, ie, /etc/crontab. Per-user crontabs do not have the middle field listing the user to run as; re-run crontab -e and try this instead: @reboot /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl 02 4 * * * /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl Regards, -- -Chuck
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