Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
ken a écrit : > > I think you meant: > > 0 7 * * * /your/command > > The asterisk will make the command run every minute during the seven > o'clock hour. The OP wanted his script to run at 7:00 > > Yes? > Yes, of course. My mistake. ___ CentOS mail

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:15:06 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On 10/18/2009 11:13 AM Alan McKay wrote: > >> how would I go about that? The thing is: I'd like to know an orthodox > >> way to go about this. > > > > crontab -e > > > > and then just put in your entry > > > > * 7 * * * /your/

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Alan McKay
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 6:15 PM, ken wrote: >> * 7 * * * /your/command > > I think you meant: > > 0 7 * * * /your/command > > The asterisk will make the command run every minute during the seven > o'clock hour.  The OP wanted his script to run at 7:00 Hee, hee, yeah, good catch :-) If I were doi

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread ken
On 10/18/2009 11:13 AM Alan McKay wrote: >> how would I go about that? The thing is: I'd like to know an orthodox >> way to go about this. > > crontab -e > > and then just put in your entry > > * 7 * * * /your/command I think you meant: 0 7 * * * /your/command The asterisk will make the comma

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 11:28 -0400, Brett Serkez wrote: > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM, ne... wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 16:09, Niki Kovacs wrote: > > > >> I have to setup a scheduled task on a server, and I just read through > >> some crontab docs. Now I'm confused. It's not so much

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Brett Serkez
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM, ne... wrote: > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 16:09, Niki Kovacs wrote: > >> I have to setup a scheduled task on a server, and I just read through >> some crontab docs. Now I'm confused. It's not so much the syntax of the >> cron job to define (I got that), it's more...

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
ne... a écrit : > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 16:09, Niki Kovacs wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have to setup a scheduled task on a server, and I just read through >> some crontab docs. Now I'm confused. It's not so much the syntax of the >> cron job to define (I got that), it's more... how do I get to define

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Alan McKay
> how would I go about that? The thing is: I'd like to know an orthodox > way to go about this. crontab -e and then just put in your entry * 7 * * * /your/command -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" _

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread ne...
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 16:09, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I have to setup a scheduled task on a server, and I just read through > some crontab docs. Now I'm confused. It's not so much the syntax of the > cron job to define (I got that), it's more... how do I get to define it? > Use a text editor

[CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I have to setup a scheduled task on a server, and I just read through some crontab docs. Now I'm confused. It's not so much the syntax of the cron job to define (I got that), it's more... how do I get to define it? Use a text editor (vi or the likes) to edit /etc/crontab directly? Or creat