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[opensuse] Re: writing a crontab and don't know where to put it
- From: Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:25:11 -0400
- Message-id: <evh6cn$o2o$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
dwain wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 April 2007 05:10, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
>> dwain wrote:
>>> I have a script that I need to make into a crontab. It's to autoupdate
>>> f-prot anti virus. I looked at the man-pages and I'm not sure how to put
>>> the file in the proper place. I'm not even sure if I should use YaST2
>>> sysconfig editor, the konsole or what to write the thing.
>> Just for completeness, you could also run kdesu kcron and add it via a
>> graphical cron editor.
>
> Huh? How? Please elaborate, I'm a babe in arms when it comes to
> this "programming" stuff.
It's not programming stuff - kcron is just a GUI frontend for editing crontab
files. So [Alt-F2] to get the Run Command dialog, then type in 'kdesu kcron' to
run it as root (kdesu does the 'su' to root).
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> On Tuesday 10 April 2007 05:10, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
>> dwain wrote:
>>> I have a script that I need to make into a crontab. It's to autoupdate
>>> f-prot anti virus. I looked at the man-pages and I'm not sure how to put
>>> the file in the proper place. I'm not even sure if I should use YaST2
>>> sysconfig editor, the konsole or what to write the thing.
>> Just for completeness, you could also run kdesu kcron and add it via a
>> graphical cron editor.
>
> Huh? How? Please elaborate, I'm a babe in arms when it comes to
> this "programming" stuff.
It's not programming stuff - kcron is just a GUI frontend for editing crontab
files. So [Alt-F2] to get the Run Command dialog, then type in 'kdesu kcron' to
run it as root (kdesu does the 'su' to root).
--
Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog:
http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/
UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are.
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