On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:53:14 +0100 Margot disseminated the following: > > crontab -e > > > > which gets you into your user's cron config, hit 'i' to insert text, then: > > > > 0 * * * * /path/to/script > /path/to/outputfile > > > > I got this far...but couldn't work out how to save what I'd > inserted! Checked man crontab, looked for the file in the location > that man said it should be in - I don't appear to have a crontab > file at all! Eek!
Dang, sorry, forgot that part. Gotta stop...doing that...thing...that I do... It's Vi you are using to edit the crontab, so once you (i)nsert the text, hit Esc to exit insert mode, then':wq' and Enter (the ':' is to tell Vi you are giving a command, the 'wq' means'write, then quit'). You should then get a message something like 'new crontab installed'. Vi is bloody intimidating at first, but from what I've heard, once you get used to it...well, like anything else. Anyhow, it's better than Emacs. /joehill ducks to avoid barrage of arrows tipped with C4 > > > Then of course just point Moz at the /path/to/outputfile. > > > > Managed to run it manually though, and use the output (see below!) - > which is probably all I need for now as I don't need to use the sig > on all mails, just the occasional one! Ah, go for the gusto! It's really easy to create your own file of quotes to randomly choose from, I got the howto from Todd Slater's site, but his site has gone all *political*, all kinds of *commie stuff* (love it Todd!), can't find the howto's anymore. If you want, I'll post how to go about that, or if Todd's 'listening' mayhap he'll post a link. > Thanks for your help :-) NP! I ought to be good for something else than yelling at hijackers and top posters! -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:28:47 up 37 days, 20:14, 8 users, load average: 1.26, 1.24, 1.22 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Well, he might as well have been bombing Denmark." -- Gore Vidal, on the bombing of Afghanistan after 9/11
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