It'd be better just to edit it on the UNIX system with crontab -e -- typing text into a black window really isn't that different than typing text into a white one.
If you insist on a solution that edits in windows, you don't need to redirect the file into crontab when you give it a file name:
Code:
crontab filename
Be very very sure that you're not giving cron a file filled with garbage carriage returns after you've edited it on windows! Windows text files are not the same as UNIX ones, Windows uses \r\n in the CPM/DOS tradition.
Hi
I am not able to edit crontab.
Following is the comand that is being issued
$crontab -e
2764 ............ This is what I am able to see
But when I do
$crontab -l
List of all the crontab entry is displayed.
Also I am seeing one entry in my /etc/cron.d
prw------- 1 root ... (6 Replies)
Does anyone know if this is possible?
I want to give some users access to root's crontab but only with a read privilege.
Is this possible to do or can only root or people with full root sudo view root's cron? (4 Replies)
Good morning everybody. I have just receiedv a complaint from our DBA saying that if he create a scripts to run some Oracle performance scripts using crontab and the scheduling part is ok but the job is failed when I checked on /var/adm/cron/log.
I have tried his scripts using Oracle id directly... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I seem to be having a problem with accumulation of root CRON jobs occuring when I have a user's cron job(s) running.
Here is an example of a user's crontab file:
*/1 * * * * echo "hello" > /dev/nullps aux|grep CRON
root 14333 0.0 0.0 91236 2172 ? S ... (12 Replies)
I want to set up a file with crontab to run the cron deamon so I can use at to schedule jobs. I think the crontab file (or whatever you call it) has to be set up. Currently, I don't have a crontab file (I checked by typing sudo crontab -u myusername -l), and I don't know the syntax for creating... (6 Replies)
I'm using fedora 5 and sql 5.0. I'm trying to edit the crontab to perform automatic backups of my database. For some reason it isn't working. Here is what I have so far.
15 2 * * * /usr/bin/mysqldump -opt -all-databases u root -ppassword -h localhost... (10 Replies)
Hi all,
I am trying the following
I am hoping that the crontab would be changed.
but it prints the previous crontab and says
Can anyone tell me the correct ksh command that should be used here?
I don't want to edit the crontab with crontab -e, I need to edit it via ksh.
Thank... (2 Replies)
I've been through many threads before i decide to create a separate thread.
I can't really find the solution to my (simple) problem.
Here's what I'm trying to achieve:
As "canar" user I want to run a command, let's say "/opt/ocaml/bin/ocaml" as "duck" user.
The only to achieve this is to... (1 Reply)
Hi everyone,
I got error which is "!bad user (root)" in crontab...
I tried changing password,
I checked etc/cron/cron.allow and cron.deny,
And also I checked the permissions of my files,
its(my crontab script) still not working....
Please help... (12 Replies)
Hi!! one strange problem occurred with my RHEL 5 box.
i'm having logs folder with ownership of non-root user. Created some files with root user under logs folder.
here is the scene:
-rw-r----- 1 root root 1048227 Feb 28 12:34 SystemOut_13.02.28_12.34.10.log
-rw-r----- 1 root root ... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: sukhdip
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crontab
CRONTAB(1) General Commands Manual CRONTAB(1)NAME
crontab - maintain crontab files for individual users (V3)
SYNOPSIS
crontab [ -u user ] file
crontab [ -u user ] { -l | -r | -e }
DESCRIPTION
Crontab is the program used to install, deinstall or list the tables used to drive the cron(8) daemon in Vixie Cron. Each user can have
their own crontab, and though these are files in /var, they are not intended to be edited directly.
If the allow file exists, then you must be listed therein in order to be allowed to use this command. If the allow file does not exist but
the deny file does exist, then you must not be listed in the deny file in order to use this command. If neither of these files exists,
then depending on site-dependent configuration parameters, only the super user will be allowed to use this command, or all users will be
able to use this command.
If the -u option is given, it specifies the name of the user whose crontab is to be tweaked. If this option is not given, crontab examines
"your" crontab, i.e., the crontab of the person executing the command. Note that su(8) can confuse crontab and that if you are running
inside of su(8) you should always use the -u option for safety's sake.
The first form of this command is used to install a new crontab from some named file or standard input if the pseudo-filename ``-'' is
given.
The -l option causes the current crontab to be displayed on standard output.
The -r option causes the current crontab to be removed.
The -e option is used to edit the current crontab using the editor specified by the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables. After you exit
from the editor, the modified crontab will be installed automatically.
SEE ALSO crontab(5), cron(8)FILES
/etc/cron.allow
/etc/cron.deny
STANDARDS
The crontab command conforms to IEEE Std1003.2-1992 (``POSIX''). This new command syntax differs from previous versions of Vixie Cron, as
well as from the classic SVR3 syntax.
DIAGNOSTICS
A fairly informative usage message appears if you run it with a bad command line.
AUTHOR
Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>
4th Berkeley Distribution 29 December 1993 CRONTAB(1)