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# 1  
Old 12-29-2006
crontab
hi
i want to set crontab daemon
i have done following step

vi /etc/crontab

then add
47 2 29 12 * /bin/ls

but it won't works
so anybody help me out of this problem
# 2  
Old 12-29-2006
use your crontab file

Code:
crontab -e

# 3  
Old 01-05-2007
Computer
Sometimes crontab -e doesnt work .. another alternative is like
more crontab -l > cron.txt
then
vi cron.txt

'make changes you want to and save this text file .
and at the end do something like this

contab cron.txt

simple Smilie
# 4  
Old 01-05-2007
Quote:
Sometimes crontab -e doesnt work ..
When would that happen really? Smilie

Could you please explain?
# 5  
Old 01-05-2007
Um, where is the output going to go for your /bin/ls command?
How do you "know" it's not working?

Make your cron task command output the results to a file so you can troubleshoot better.

47 2 29 12 * /bin/ls &> /var/log/lsout.txt
# 6  
Old 01-05-2007
That should be:
ls -l > /var/log/lsout.txt &

Edit: NM, I added a space into your post when reading that.
Last edited by DeepakS; 01-05-2007 at 06:32 PM..
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