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[Bob B <n1uan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok so i am going to make an crontab file in my home dir
and it just finds it there i guess ok will try
thanks


On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Anders Johansson wrote:

> On Thursday 13 December 2001 08.12, Bob B wrote:
> > thanks
> > just one other ? i looked at the crontab file and it has the user root
> > running the daily etc ones do i still put root or the user that the file
> > belongs to as it is in m user dir the file
> > also on most of the lines inthat file there is an rm -f  do i need this
> > also!
> > BOB
>
> No, no. /etc/crontab is the system cron control file. It performs system
> maintenance jobs like rotating logs, cleaning up /tmp and other such things.
> You would put your job in your user's personal crontab, which you edit with
> crontab -e. If you don't know or like vi, you can choose your own favourite
> editor by doing something like this
>
> export EDITOR=/opt/kde2/bin/kate
>
> replace /opt/kde2/bin/kate with your favourite editor, then start crontab -e
> *from the same shell*. Note that other shells already started, or if you
> start a new shell, will *not* get the EDITOR variable. Only the shell where
> you did the export.
>
> In the crontab you'd put a simple line
>
> */5 * * * * get-mail
>
>
> */5 means every fifth minute
> the other asterisks means respectively every hour, every day in the month,
> every month, every day in the week. And get-mail should be replaced by
> whatever you type to check mail now.
>
> You don't need to put a user, because this is your personal crontab.
>
> //Anders
>
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