On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 11:22:08PM +0530, vivek wrote: > however, in text mode, yu should login as root, then type "crontab -e" > without quotes. this will open vi editor where yu can setup a task.
Hmm. 1. RedHat (and possibly other Linux distros) already have a cron entry to run updatedb. In RH, it is /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron. 2. Instead of giving a vi(1) tutorial, you can also try VISUAL=pico crontab -e Binand -- Russian Roulette with Unix: while :; do kill $RANDOM &> /dev/null && break || sleep 1; done ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
