[NTLUG:Discuss] RH 8.0 crontab

[Ed Coates]

Quoting jay linux <jaylinux at hotmail.com>:

> Hello,
> 
> I tried the following in both my personal crontab and the root crontab:
> 
> 30 09 * * * echo "test" > /tmp/jjj
> 
> # Echo "test" at 9:30am every day
> 
> I don't get an error when exiting entering this but it doesn't work. As a 
> matter of fact, I can't get the crontab to work at all. This command works 
> on my Solaris box. When I do crontab -l on Unix it is empty too.
> 
> Any suggestions on what might be happening or testing this? Or if I'm just 
> doing something stupid?
> 
> Thanks, Jay

One simple test right off the bat.  Is crond running?  If so, try changing the
echo to /bin/echo or whereever it is on your machine.

Ed

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