The way I got it to work was simply to make a new file call it fetchnews in root's folder and add your line 0-59/3 * * * * /opt/leafnode/fetchnews next as root give the command crontab fetchnews To check to see if it worked try crontab -l To remove the crontab entry type crontab -r Hope this helps Paul -----Original Message----- From: a_jalan@vsnl.com [mailto:a_jalan@vsnl.com] Sent: 28. august 2000 21:41 Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Help with crontab Hi all, I need to run fetchnews as a 'root' cronjob I have tried both crontab -e ( as root ) (A) /bin/bash 0-59/3 * * * * /opt/leafnode/fetchnews and (B) /bin/bash 0-59/3 * * * * /root/getnews where /root/getnews is : #!/bin/sh /opt/leafnode/sbin/fetchnews when i run /opt/leafnode/sbin/fetchnews, FETCHNEWS works fine ... What am i missing ? Regards Anurag -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq