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On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Teng Wang <twang.umn@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi there, |
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> I am using vixie cron to maintain my scheduled |
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> jobs. Everything is just fine other than one. I find that |
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> when I use, for example, 0 * * * * /usr/bin/eix-sync to |
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> update the portage everyday, the cron works without any |
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> problem. But I was told by manpage I could still use @daily |
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> instead. So I tried but failed. The system does nothing at |
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> all. It is not a big issue, but I just want to make |
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> sure it has nothing to do with my setting. Furthermore, I |
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> still want to start some program like fetchmail after |
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> reboot. Then I put @reboot in crontab. I also tried, and |
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> failed. Does anybody have any idea about this? |
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> Best, |
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> Teng Wang |
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> gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list |
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There should be a single text file in /etc/cron.daily/ with the command you |
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want to run daily. Like this: |
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$ cat /etc/cron.daily/esync |
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/usr/bin/esync |
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You also may need to make the file executable, so chmod +x |
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/etc/cron.daily/esync. Mine syncs daily with this command. |
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- Mark Shields |
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