Cron job not working - Ubuntu

jtadeo · 11-04-2010, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Samotnik

No. This string * * * * * root echo `date` >> ~/out add to /etc/crontab file.

I probably have been doing this wrong the whole time...

I take the string and paste it in notepad then save it as testcron.txt. I upload that file to the /etc/ folder, then I run crontab testcron.txt ...

is that not the way to make a cron job?

Samotnik · 11-04-2010, 07:44 PM

You have a text file /etc/crontab. This is a global crontab file.
You should open it with any text editor, and add a line at the end. This line
* * * * * root echo `date` >> ~/out
Then you should wait some minutes, then check cat ~/out.