[Blind-Computing] running cron in Unix
Hi all, I have a virtual private server, and I'm currently running Debian 5.0 distro of Linux. Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm trying to run a cron job (simply for learning purposes at the moment). Typing cron at the prompt, however, yields this message: cron: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid, otherpid may be 1130: Resource temporarily unavailable If any of you are Linux administrators, I could really use your help. I attempt to load a cron job by issuing the command: crontab nameOfFileForCronInstructions.cron, where that name is replaced with the name of the file containing the instructions for the Cron (like when and how long it's supposed to run and all that good stuff), however it's not working at the specified times, and I think the error I'm getting is the problem. Thank you very much. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] running cron in Unix
Kevin, Have you read the cron manual page? Try this: man cron There are a number of questions that arise from this very brief description you offer. Honestly, it would be much better to speak to somebody over the telephone because there are a series of Did you do . . .? Then you have to do . . . scenarios. If you are in the contiguous United States and send me your telephone number with a best time to call I'll try helping you out. I'm not a Linux administrator, but I was a professional Unix® Systems programmer for almost 20 years at Bell Labs; I have quite a lot of experience with cron jobs because I used to set up and maintain such animals for some of the DB administration I handled. Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] running cron in Unix
Oh yeah, Kevin, I almost forgot, to set up a cron entry you need to use the crontab command. Check that out by executing the command: man crontab crontab -l: list the cron entries for user crontab -d: delete user's cron entry crontab: set ups an input session where you are required to type in the desired entries The best way to do this crontab stuff is to creat a flat (text) file with the appropriate tab delimited fields, then you can do this: crontab yourTextFile (the less than tells the shell to take input from the listed file rather than from the standard input (keyboard) Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
