Crontab

[Kj4bnh]

Hi all, just downloaded Microcore for use.  Could someone point me in the correct directions to the proper useage of Crontab?  In my way of thinking I should have been able to just edit and save and it should run, but not so.  * * * * * date, in my way of thinking should have displayed this every minute.

[gerald_clark]

run "crontab -help"

[Kj4bnh]

This gives me a invalid option.

[gerald_clark]

I meant 'crontab --help' but either way it gives you a usage page.

Cron runs unattached to any terminal, so  your example can't display anything.
you would need
* * * * * date > /tmp/date


Did you start crond ?

[Kj4bnh]

No I did not start crond, but I have now.  Now to figure out how to stop it short of a reboot.  Thanks for your help.

[gerald_clark]

killall crond
I suggest you read http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

Core is not a good choice for learning Linux.

[Kj4bnh]

Yup that did it.  Thanks for the link.  I chose the core because of the lack of GUI, the way it was back in the 80's.

[gerald_clark]

Have fun. Just remember that Core is not your normal distro.
It is a toolkit and requires that you do things manually that most distros do automatically.
For Example, if you want cron running at boot you need to add crond to your /opt/bootlocal.sh and add var/spool/cron/crontabs to /opt/,filetool.lst and do a backup.

[Kj4bnh]

Roger that.  Hopefully the link will help me out.  If not there is always classes to take and professors to annoy.