04-29-2013
The crontab info remains but when the server gets rebooted, the crontab is no longer active and every time i must do a crontab -e and save it again.
I was looking for a way to include this in a .profile so that upon login it auto edits and saves again so it ensures it remains active.
I rather this approach for handing the task to people when im on keave as all i have to tell them do is to log in when the automated process i have created fails to ever run.
As to what out IT dept does...very good q...they tell the company what they will do rather than ask how they can help...the cron file location was locked off for viewing so i coulsnt access the folder.
Thanks for the info. I shall give the command you mentioned a whirl
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kep_reload
KEP_RELOAD(1) General Commands Manual KEP_RELOAD(1)
NAME
kep_reload - Update Predict's Keplerian elements
SYNOPSIS
kep_reload
DESCRIPTION
KEP_RELOAD is a simple utility that forces an immediate reload of PREDICT's Keplerian database through a socket connection while PREDICT is
running in server mode. It is especially useful in environments where PREDICT runs continuously, and periodic Keplerian element updates
are made outside of PREDICT, such as through scripts run through a crontab.
The "kepupdate" script found in this directory is an example of a Keplerian element update script that can be run on an automated basis
through a crontab. It is designed to be placed in your home directory under a subdirectory called "cronjobs". It downloads Keplerian
orbital data from www.celestrak.com using the HTTP protocol. (The "wget" utility, available from the Free Software Foundation, is
required, and is included in many Linux distrubutions.)
Type crontab -e to edit your crontab. Simply add the following entry:
0 8 * * * kepupdate
and your orbital database will update each morning at 8:00 AM (provided you have a network connection at that time).
See the crontab man page for more information on editing your crontab.
AUTHOR
This man page was written by A. Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS, for Debian GNU/Linux.
31 August 2003 KEP_RELOAD(1)