[SOLVED] crontab

deelinux · 08-13-2010, 09:57 AM

Hi
I used to get the below when I ran crontab, but now its disappeared and my tasks I set up do not run in the blank crontab

Any suggestions ?

#lxpr weekly cron job - Kickstart generated entry
0 1 * * 0 /opt/lxpr/lxpr -st /var/lxpr
#lxpr monthly job to clear down old dumps - Kickstart generated entry
0 1 28 * * find /var/lxpr -name "lxpr.`uname -n`*" -type d -a -mtime +30 -exec /bin/rm -r {} \;

sem007 · 08-13-2010, 10:00 AM

sorry but i don't understand you question.

can you provide some more info.

deelinux · 08-13-2010, 10:46 AM

all is ok now

the info in the crontab is default..

and my tasks run ok

Cheers

sem007 · 08-13-2010, 10:51 AM

can you tell what is the problem and what is the resolution so it will help other member.

deelinux · 08-14-2010, 04:01 AM

Hi

When I set up the crontab I accidently deleted the contents, but this was not really the issue.

I then set up my cron tab task, and thought it was not working.

I wanted to test my task by running it every minute, just to see it working, but I had set the times in-correctly.

I eventully learnt that to run a task every minute I had to use the below format

0-59 * * * * /tmp/my_script.sh

So it always worked, it was my lack of understanding...

Rgds

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sem007 · 08-14-2010, 04:08 AM

Code:

*/1 * * * * /tmp/my_script.sh

you can also use */1 to run task every minute.

Regards,