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# 15  
Old 01-23-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahamed101
Try this...
Code:
crontab -l > tmpfile
gedit tmpfile
crontab < tmpfile

--ahamed

---------- Post updated at 08:26 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:22 PM ----------

BTW, did you try sourcing the profile?

--ahamed
Yes, I treid both of these but failed, after I changed it in gedit, I found it doesn't changed in crontab -e. Could you tell me why?

Thanks
# 16  
Old 01-23-2012
After editing the tmpfile did you load it using crontab < tmpfile?

--ahamed
# 17  
Old 01-23-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahamed101
After editing the tmpfile did you load it using crontab < tmpfile?

--ahamed
But it also doesn't work..........
# 18  
Old 01-23-2012
That is odd!

Try cat tmpfile | crontab -

Also, please paste the output of crontab -l and cat tmpfile

And did you try sourcing the profile in the script?

--ahamed
# 19  
Old 01-23-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahamed101
That is odd!

Try cat tmpfile | crontab -

Also, please paste the output of crontab -l and cat tmpfile

And did you try sourcing the profile in the script?

--ahamed
Yes, I have tried.

h4:~>cat tmpfile | crontab -
"-":4: bad day-of-week
errors in crontab file, can't install.

What is the problem?
# 20  
Old 01-23-2012
Output of cat tmpfile?

--ahamed
# 21  
Old 01-23-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahamed101
Output of cat tmpfile?

--ahamed
Yes, cat tmpfile works, but cronjob still doesn't work......
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