Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => Micro Core => Topic started by: Kj4bnh on July 29, 2014, 01:39:40 PM
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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.
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run "crontab -help"
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This gives me a invalid option.
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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 ?
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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.
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killall crond
I suggest you read http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
Core is not a good choice for learning Linux.
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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.
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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.
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Roger that. Hopefully the link will help me out. If not there is always classes to take and professors to annoy.