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I don't mean to be a pain, but I'm confused. |
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I have a crontab file in /etc with this in it: |
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# check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly |
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0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly |
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1 3 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily |
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15 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly |
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30 5 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly |
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*/10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons |
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Scripts I put in the cron.* directories run just fine... and these are |
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running as root, right? So, I put a script owned by root in the |
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cron.daily directory and the script runs, but doesn't actually do the |
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backup... even though the cron entry is owned by root? |
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Sure, I can use the crontab program to add a traditional cron job entry, |
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but then what's the point of having the nifty little directory setup? |
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I'd just prefer to stick to one way of doing it. So, is there some way |
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to make this work with a script in the cron.* dirs? |
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thanks, |
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Ben |
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Jonathan Rogers wrote: |
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> Ben Munat wrote: |
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>> Hmm, so, when I type crontab -e as root, I get a blank editor... what |
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>> am I supposed to type? I've always just put my cron scripts in the |
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>> cron.<timeperiod> folders... |
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> man 5 crontab |
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> Jonathan Rogers |
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