Cron problems

goochable · 04-16-2001, 09:36 AM

Hi,

I have created a cron file named ex_cron like this

# do extract every 5 minutes
5 * * * * /opt/oracle/export/ftpextract

I have then done a

crontab -u oracle ex_cron

and nothing happens. Can someone help me with why
the job is not running?

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Mike

devnull · 04-16-2001, 10:04 AM

maybe it work this way

*/12 * * * * /opt/oracle/export/ftpextract

ugge · 04-17-2001, 02:13 AM

5 * * * * /opt/oracle/export/ftpextract
this tells cron to start the command five minutes past every hour.

jeremy · 04-17-2001, 07:43 AM

crontab does not take a file as an argument, it is used to edit users crontabs. Type 'crontab -u username -e' and then type the line that devnull and ugge gave.