cron job

Thulemanden · 11-06-2006, 10:03 AM

What do I need to do to get a cron job to run every hour (/usr/bin/webaliser)?

Using Damn Small Linux as a web server with apache by the way.

I guess the line is

59 * * * * /usr/bin/webalizer

but is it to go into a saved file? Do I execute the line?

What am I then to name it and where is it saved? Is it a hidden file preceded with a dot?

Please answer in full.

I execute as root

/usr/bin/crontab 59 * * * * /usr/bin/webalizer

The reply is: 59 no such file or directory.

crontab do exist in /usr/bin

Thank you.

trickykid · 11-06-2006, 11:40 AM

Edit your root crontab by doing:

/usr/bin/crontab -e

Edit the cron and add your webalizer command to run every hour:

0 * * * * /usr/bin/webalizer

Save and exit and check to see if it updated on the hour the next hour.

The line above for the webalizer command set in cron will run every hour on the hour. But you don't run crontab <command>, crontab is the file that is edited and read from crond that is running as a daemon/service.