Topic: cron not working, or doing anything for that matter!

[osiris9510]

what do you have to do to get cron to work?

Ive added the entries in the cron "table" by using the -e switch, etc.  Do i have to start cron manually? and, are the cron jobs over-written/wiped out after a reboot?

also, where are the system startup scripts? and are they over-written/wiped out too?

[CharlieBrady]

what do you have to do to get cron to work?

Nothing - it's already working.

[osiris9510]

ok very well.

how do I add jobs to this? I thought I did but nothing is happening.

All Im doing to test is the "cal" command. im trying to do this thru ssh, im logged in as root and I set up the cron job as root. the output from cal should show up via ssh, right?

[CharlieBrady]

ok very well.

how do I add jobs to this? I thought I did but nothing is happening.

All Im doing to test is the "cal" command. im trying to do this thru ssh, im logged in as root and I set up the cron job as root. the output from cal should show up via ssh, right?

Check the admin mailbox. Output should be there.

[osiris9510]

no output from this.

any good cron pages out there for e-smith?

[CharlieBrady]

any good cron pages out there for e-smith?

It's the same as any other cron, except that /etc/crontab is templated.