Re: OT - Cron
Actually now I look thats not the one i mean ;=( sorry - cant find the one i was looking for http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver/linux.mail.crontab.html HTH D - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: OT - Cron Hi, I`ve been searching for hours now so I thought I`d ask some lists I belong to, does anyone know of a decent CRON tutorial??? TIA Ade - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: OT - Cron
take your time and read man crontab - Original Message - From: "Derek Almond" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Derek Almond" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:25 PM Subject: Re: OT - Cron Actually now I look thats not the one i mean ;=( sorry - cant find the one i was looking for http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver/linux.mail.crontab.html HTH D - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: OT - Cron Hi, I`ve been searching for hours now so I thought I`d ask some lists I belong to, does anyone know of a decent CRON tutorial??? TIA Ade - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: OT - Cron
Ade, Try: http://www.ocsny.com/main/index.ocs?url=osl It should have what you need. Cheers, Mikel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I`ve been searching for hours now so I thought I`d ask some lists I belong to, does anyone know of a decent CRON tutorial??? TIA Ade - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: OT - Cron
Don't you hate it when someone just tells you to read the man files? They seem to be written for C programmers with Unix background. Essential System Administration from O'Reilly has a pretty good tutorial. I just got through researching crontab to set up automatic backup on a new tape drive. (Talk about poor documentation!) Here is what worked for me: EDITOR=pico (or whatever you prefer) export EDITOR crontab -e (this creates a functional copy) It will look something like this: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:[put your run directory here] MAILTO=[username to send reports to] HOME=/ (if you are running as root, else use your own, but tape tar requires root access) # run-parts 01 03 * * * [path to file to execute] (this entry executes at 3:01 am every night.) The positions are as follows: minute hour day-of-month month weekday command (omit username) The command(s) you direct it to can be simple bash commands saved to a text file. Remember to chmod the last bit on with an odd number, so it will be recognized as executable i.e. chmod 665 (filename). My backup program consists of two lines: tar cvf /dev/st0 /var tar rvf /dev/st0 /etc which saves two directory trees to tape. To be kosher, it is supposed to start with: #!/bin/bash but I found it worked fine without. I can't tell you how many times I struggled with: tar cvf /dev/nst0 because tutorials told me it would save without rewinding. It executes as if nothing is wrong, but nothing gets saved. Good luck. Now if I can just find someone who can help me get over my hurdle. On 25 Jan 2001, at 4:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I`ve been searching for hours now so I thought I`d ask some lists I belong to, does anyone know of a decent CRON tutorial??? TIA Ade - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php John Jensen Jensen's Directories www.college-without-classes.com/ - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
