create cron in FC5 question

[Manuel Arostegui Ramirez]

El Sábado, 21 de Abril de 2007 00:06, Tom Poe escribió:
> 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

I already did it :-)

[manu at Arbusto ~]$ cat /etc/crontab 
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


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Manuel Arostegui Ramirez.

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