* Juan Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-27 22:51]: > On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 04:28, Marc Adler wrote: > > * Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-27 17:27]: > > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 22:11, Johnie Stafford wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 21:52, MKlinke wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 27 August 2003 21:21, Marc Adler wrote: > > > > This is no different than * * * * * (I.E. it will run every minute). To > make it run every hour you must pick a time of the hour when you want it > to run (E.G. at half past the hour). The corresponding time fields for > the crontab line would be: 30 * * * *
I can see that now! It has been running every minute, and filling my mailbox with notices! How do I get rid of the notification function? MAILTO= didn't work. > > > Also, do I need to write out "/usr/bin/fetchmail" or will a simple > > "fetchmail" do? > > "fetchmail" will do. > Ok. > > > > And a final question: this should be done by using crontab -e to create > > the var/spool/cron/marc file, right? > > That's right using "crontab -e" will let you edit the crontab. It will > update timestamps on the crontab directory so cron will notice that > there have been changes made and reread any changed crontabs. If you > didn't use "crontab -e" you would have to restart the daemon after > editing for the new changes to be picked up. > Good. That's how I did it. Thanks a lot! -- Marc Adler -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
