On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:28:12 -0700 "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 3/15 * * * * root /etc/init.d/fetchmail start 1>/dev/null ^^^ > ...which should restart fetchmail every fifteen minutes. Should it? man 5 crontab says: Step values can be used in conjunction with ranges. Fol- lowing a range with ``/<number>'' specifies skips of the number's value through the range. For example, ``0-23/2'' ... Steps are also permitted after an asterisk, so if you want to say ``every two hours'', just use ``*/2''. But you're using 3/15 in the minutes field. Could that be it? Perhaps 3-48/15 would work better... > > Problem is, it doesn't. > > I've changed the inovcation to read: > > 3,18,33,48 * * * * root /etc/init.d/fetchmail start > 1>/dev/null > > Checking just now, the daemon's still running. Not sure I understand you here. Isn't that OK, that the daemon is running? Or did you really want to *restart*, not *start*, it? -- Carlos Sousa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]