[NTLUG:Discuss] RH 8.0 crontab won't work - crond is running

[jay linux]

> >
> > 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

These were good suggestions. But it turns out that my crond is running and 
when I change
echo to /bin/echo it still doesn't work.

I'm really confused as to why I can't get crontab to work. Anyone have any 
further ideas of either
how to fix or test this?

-- Jay

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