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Old 08-23-2005, 11:31 AM   #1
Master Fox
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crontab entry?


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

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Old 08-23-2005, 12:47 PM   #2
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crontab -e

while logged in as the user you wish the cron job to run as.
 
Old 08-23-2005, 01:03 PM   #3
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yeh i found that out, but I dont like vi and I get confused on how to enter it
 
Old 08-23-2005, 01:07 PM   #4
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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.
 
Old 08-23-2005, 01:20 PM   #5
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Quote:
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.
 
  


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