hi, I am in RHEL5, i know how to setup cron job, but i dont know how to run the one of the cron job on tty1 or on GUI x-term. Example: i want the cron job to list all files on root, ok i first create a file name "cron_ls", than i edit it by vi editor as below:

****1 ls -al

than i save this file "cron_ls" at root.ok now i want to add this job to crontab. command:

# crontab cron_ls

ok. i have success run this cron job, but if i want this cron job run on my screen "tty1" or on my GUI Gnome terminal, like normal went i operate my RHEL5, example: i want to run command to list all my root file, than i just direct go to tty1 than issue the command ls -al than will show the result on my screen "tty1", or i using GUI,than open gnome terminal than do the same thing will also display the result on mu gnome terminal. Now i want the cron job also same show on my "tty1" screen,or on my GUI gnome terminal.

thank you.

if you mean /etc/cron.daily/script then open your shell and type commands

su
/etc/cron.daily/script...change script to whatever it is called

sorry i am not mean like that, what i am said is, i want my cron job went it running will totally same like what i am sit infront my system and issue the command the running and the display & output. example: i am infront my system i open tty1 or open GUI gnome terminal to issue command ls -al than my monitor screen will come out the result, what i want is my cron job also totally like that.

Thank you.

I understand....lets keep your example of ls.....with your real command remember you need to tell cron the full pathway

eg /usr/bin/X or /bin/y or /sbin/z ok?

copy and paste the following into a text editor excluding the dash line

---------------------------------------------

#!/bin/sh

( date; cd / && /bin/ls -al) \
| /bin/mail -s "list daily run on `uname -n`" root

exit 0

--------------------------------------------------------------

2) with root powers save this file as

/etc/cron.daily/list

then change permissions to make it root power executable. Its easy with Konqueror KDE file manager but if you have to use command line its

chmod 700 /etc/cron.daily/list

confirm you have correct with
ls -al /etc/cron.daily/list
reply must be ......-rwx------

3) test it before you turn off computer with

/etc/cron.daily/list
and a second later run new command

mail....to check its output....the cronjob will mail you each day the command output.

You can send output to another terminal by redirecting to the correct /dev/ttyN or /dev/pts/N, where N is the identifier of the terminal or pseudo-terminal in which you want to print output. Suppose you have /dev/pts/1 open: you can do something like
The problem is to determine which terminal is open/available. For example, you can write a little script which parses the output of the who command and extract the relevant piece of information. Once the script has found all the available terminals, it will try to send output to all of them in sequence until the ls command exit successfully.