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Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3: Change time cron.daily runs
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3: Change time cron.daily runs
- From: "Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue Oct 30 22:25:07 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
> >I assume cron.daily jobs start running at a fixed time every day. How can I
> >change the exact time these jobs start?
>
>
> This is is controlled by the file called crontab
> eg
> pico /etc/crontab and you will see the times
>
> you can edit this and restart cron
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/crond stop
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/crond start
It is *not* recommended to edit crontab in the above way!!!
to edit a crontab use "crontab -e"
You better read man crontab
Gerald