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# 8  
Old 06-13-2007
By screen, I meant MY terminal. Well, what is this virtual terminal? Can you please explain?
# 9  
Old 06-13-2007
Type the command "tty" on your terminal and use that output in your crontab. For example if you got /dev/pts/4 then change your crontab entry to:

* * * * * /usr/bin/date > /dev/pts/4

Personally, I wouldn't use cron for this sort of thing. Smilie
# 10  
Old 06-13-2007
Thanks solfreak....well, since i am trying to learn what cron is all about, i tried out this thing.
# 11  
Old 06-18-2007
can you explain me plz..
30 * * * * /usr/bin/date 1>>out_file 2>&1 what it does.
# 12  
Old 06-20-2007
it executes every hour 30 minutes
ex. 12:30, 1:30,2:30...so on..
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