Crontab help needed- Suse

scotchboy · 07-25-2006, 11:56 AM

The problem I am currently experiencing is I add a line the /etc/crontab and nothing seems to run. I go to the run level editor and cron is running? I am running Suse linux. My line reads as:

30 11 * * 1-5 root /usr/local/bin/budaily.sh

I can't seem to find any type of log for cron. I also see some people say that kcron is suppose to be on Suse to edit jobs, but I can't find it.

Please let me know what I am doing wrong.

Thanks

Steve

dbogdan · 07-25-2006, 12:01 PM

You need to use the command crontab -e to create/edit things properly, unce you're done saving your changes, the process will automagically reinstall the changes for you

you can also use crontab -l to list what the current (per user) crontab is.

scotchboy · 07-25-2006, 01:28 PM

I just have another quick question. From a command prompt I type crontab -e, I get that is where I put in my config line now. How do I save and exit? I have read "ctrl o" and "ctrl x", but those don't seem to work.

Please let me know

Steve

billymayday · 07-25-2006, 04:30 PM

try standard vi commands

to save and exit

[esc]:wq

(ie type escape, a colon the w for write and q for quit)

dbogdan · 07-25-2006, 05:33 PM

Yes, try what billymayday suggests.

crontab -e uses your systems default editor which is usually vi

scotchboy · 07-26-2006, 07:28 AM

I really do appreciate the help, its fully functional. Thanks!

Steve