Re: crontab syntax ?

At 06:23 PM 6/7/2003 -0400, Chuck Gelm wrote: Thanks, Ray: Odd, here is a segment of (*my*) 'man crontab' showing the example lines. Every example has 'date' as the 6th field. :-| Yes. But the proposed entry you asked us about originally -- 5 6 7 * date /usr/local/src/ez/dyndns.conf -- h

Re: crontab syntax ?

On 7 Jun 2003 at 18:23, Chuck Gelm wrote: > Thanks, Ray: > > Odd, here is a segment of (*my*) 'man crontab' showing > the example lines. Every example has 'date' as the 6th field. :-| > (*my* = slackware-8.0, kernel-2.2.19, firewall, ip-masq) > Maybe the examples show how to run the 'date' progra

Re: crontab syntax ?

Thanks, Ray: Odd, here is a segment of (*my*) 'man crontab' showing the example lines. Every example has 'date' as the 6th field. :-| (*my* = slackware-8.0, kernel-2.2.19, firewall, ip-masq) Maybe the examples show how to run the 'date' program? # MIN HOUR DAY MONTH DAYOFWEEK COMMAND # at 6:10

Re: crontab syntax ?

At 03:50 PM 6/7/2003 -0400, Chuck Gelm wrote: Howdy, y'all: I want to run a script monthly. (update my dynamic DNS account) I (as 'root') ran 'crontab -e' and added this line: 5 6 7 * date /usr/local/src/ez/dyndns.conf >> /share/dyndnsup.txt 2>> /share/dyndnsup.txt This seems to be the syntax ind

crontab syntax ?

Howdy, y'all: I want to run a script monthly. (update my dynamic DNS account) I (as 'root') ran 'crontab -e' and added this line: 5 6 7 * date /usr/local/src/ez/dyndns.conf >> /share/dyndnsup.txt 2>> /share/dyndnsup.txt This seems to be the syntax indicated by 'man crontab'. If I understand the

Re: AOL and MS.

On 06-07, Amin wrote: > > MS and AOL merging? Sounds a little far-fetched ... . > > My $0.02, > Yawar Amin Your comments noted but it's not "merging" just "joining" for some mutual shenanigans methinks.. Check out Newsweek, 09 June 2003 issue, page 38 by Steven Levy - "Two Gor

Re: Slackware 8.1.01 Install????

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 10:47:27 -0400, Hal MacArgle wrote: > we have our XWindows. With M$ and AOL now joining up together we had Tut tut. People are touchy about the whole ``X-Windows'' thing, you know. The proper naming scheme's one of the first things you get to read on the X(7x) man page. Of co

Re: Slackware 8.1.01 Install????

On 06-05, pa3gcu wrote: > > So it sounds like you can mount the CD manually during install, is that > correct,?? If so then you MUST be able to use it to install period, what you > may be doing is FORGETTING to ""UNMOUNT"" it before proceeding with the > install, i say that be cause i can get t

Re: tftpd problem (was: [no subject line])

Please use a Subject: line in the future. I added one. At 01:15 PM 6/7/2003 +0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am having some problem setting up the tftp server. I am using Red Hat 6.2. This is quite old. It would not surprise me if no one here is using such an old version of Red Hat

Re: left handed mouse

On Saturday 07 June 2003 1:12 am, John T. Williams wrote: > my father (who I just got to start using linux) asked me how to cause the > mouse buttons to be inverted. > And I had no idea, I've been searching through X-configuration guides and > haven't found anything, does anyone have any ideas? >

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Hi, I am having some problem setting up the tftp server. I am using Red Hat 6.2. I have uncommented the "tftp" line in the inetd.conf file in "/etc". but the tftpd daemon did not get started. then i tried executing /usr/sbin/in.ftpd, but got an error "tftpd[25618]: recv