Cass, Cass Tolken wrote: > > Hi Kory,
> Do these commands work as expected when executed from the command line > (not from the crontab file?) If they do then the problem is probably > within the cron mechanism. Yes. They work Fine from the command line. > > Your syntax looks fine. I tried adding a test in my /etc/crontab file: > > * * * * * root /bin/date >> /tmp/mycrontest.txt > > and it seems to work fine... I wanted to test if I had to restart cron. > I didn't have to. Are these lines of yours showing up in /var/log/syslog ? > I'm getting messages like: > > Aug 16 20:42:01 firewall /usr/sbin/cron[27416]: (*system*) RELOAD > (/etc/crontab) > Aug 16 20:42:02 firewall /USR/SBIN/CRON[16716]: (root) CMD ( /bin/date >> > /tmp/mycrontest.txt) I will try the example you used to see if Cron is working OK. I don't get messages in the log currently from these commands but there are cron messages for the log rotation so cron is probably OK. Thanks anyway, Kory ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
