On Friday 10 September 2004 19:48, JoeHill wrote: > 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 Definately something different about you joe second thing I agree with you on.
> > > > 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! -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org
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