> I searched the OpenSolaris Bible and the internet but didn't find a > suitable answer to how to configure cron jobs in OpenSolaris? Any hint?
Personally I don't like crontab -e because the editor variable needs to be set. Also there's no backup if you make a mistake. Instead, I like to use "crontab -l > .crontab" and then "vi .crontab" and then "crontab .crontab" You should man crontab, but be aware of the following. # This is a typical crontab on my systems. # field allowed values # ----- -------------- # minute 0-59 # hour 0-23 # day of month 1-31 # month 1-12 # day of week 0-6 (0 is Sun) * * * * * /usr/bin/date > /timestamp.txt Beware that jobs run under crontab (or run under "at") don't necessarily have the same environment as your login shell. In fact, I think the default is to run cron jobs with bash, and at jobs with sh, or vice-versa, assuming your login shell is bash. To simplify this problem, I often create crontabs like this one: # Run one minute after midnight, every day 01 00 * * * /usr/bin/bash -cl '/path/to/somescript >> /path/to/outputlogfile.txt 2>&1' This ensures a "normal" or at least "familiar" operating environment. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
