On Tuesday 10 April 2007 20:55, John Andersen wrote: > On Tuesday 10 April 2007, G.T.Smith wrote: > > > There is no reason to make it executable. > > > Any text file will do. It can be located anywhere. > > > > > > > Surely some mistake here, the root cron file in the example would have > > to executed to so needs execute rights :-) ... To be honest reply is a > > bit ambiguous..., but the original suggestion is wildly off the mark ... > > No the root cron file is not executable. > Nor it is executed. > It is merely read by cron and the tasks listed therein are performed > per schedule. > > man cron > man crontab
I just signed in as root and did crontab -e and there was the code. it says it's in the tmp/crontab directory. Is this correct? BTW, thanks for the information. Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 "The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression." Wassily Kandinsky, "Concerning The Spiritual In Art"
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