crontab entry?

Master Fox · 08-23-2005, 11:31 AM

How would I enter

*/1 * * * * /usr/local/bin/signux > /dev/null 2>&1

that into crontab I never been able to do it and I kind of need it for my winamp sig

Thanks

Master Fox

Andy Alkaline · 08-23-2005, 12:47 PM

crontab -e

while logged in as the user you wish the cron job to run as.

Master Fox · 08-23-2005, 01:03 PM

yeh i found that out, but I dont like vi and I get confused on how to enter it

jtshaw · 08-23-2005, 01:07 PM

If your using a bash shell type "export EDITOR=<path to your favorite text editor>" and you can change what editor crontab -e uses.

As far as how to enter it... enter it just as you have it in the original question.

Andy Alkaline · 08-23-2005, 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by Master Fox
yeh i found that out, but I dont like vi and I get confused on how to enter it

Yeah, I don't like vi either. Try the EDITOR as mentioned and what I did was also change the VISUAL environmental variable in my /etc/profile

VISUAL="pico"

Although I've switched to GNU Nano which has more options.