create cron in FC5 question

[Tom Poe]

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> El Viernes, 20 de Abril de 2007 23:44, Tom Poe escribió:
>   
>> Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
>>     
>>> 2007/4/20, Tom Poe <tompoe at fngi.net>:
>>>       
>>>> I googled for cron howto, and noticed that the /etc/crontab file is
>>>> empty.  I want to run an event on a daily basis, and need to know where
>>>> to add, and how to add an event to run jpodcatcher once a day.  Any help
>>>> appreciated.
>>>> Tom
>>>>         
>>> First off, if you want it to run in the system cron, just
>>> /etc/crontab, on the other hand if you want it as an user cron, just:
>>> crontab -e
>>> Anyways, this is an example of a basic job running daily at, for
>>> instance, 11:00 AM
>>>
>>> SHELL=/bin/bash
>>> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>>> MAILTO=root
>>> HOME=/
>>>
>>> # run-parts
>>> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
>>> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
>>> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
>>> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
>>> 00 11 * * * root /home/manu/babelserver.sh
>>>
>>> got it?
>>>
>>> You might want to read the Crontab manual.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps
>>> All the best.
>>>
>>> Manuel.
>>>       
>> Manuel:  Thanks.  Sounds right to me.  Problem is, on my FC5, the
>> /etc/crontab file is empty.  There are directories for cron.daily,
>> cron.weekly, etc.  When I cd to those directories, there are several
>> files, each of which is running a shell script.  So, do I have to create
>> a shell script, and copy it to the directory I want, or can I place a
>> cron command someplace?
>> Tom
>>     
>
> Actually, it's up to you, whatever suits for you :-)
> Cheers
>
>   
Manuel:  Please share your FC5 crontab file.  Mine is empty.  What's in 
yours?
Thanks, Tom
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