Cron Job

Damina · Post by **Damina** » 09 Apr 2008, 16:06

Hey,

Is there a command that can be run from command line to add a new cron job? If there is, please can someone tell me what it is.

Vampyre_2099 · Post by **Vampyre_2099** » 09 Apr 2008, 16:15

I think you can use

 crontab -u *username* -e

Damina · Post by **Damina** » 09 Apr 2008, 16:21

Thanks but all that command does is list the scheduled jobs for a user.
What I'm looking for is a command to add a new CRON task.

Vampyre_2099 · Post by **Vampyre_2099** » 09 Apr 2008, 16:28

not to be mean but why not look at the cron manual

man 8 cron

Damina · Post by **Damina** » 09 Apr 2008, 16:59

Cool thanks man.

I'm a newb and didn't know there was a manual

Vampyre_2099 · Post by **Vampyre_2099** » 09 Apr 2008, 17:55

no problem

Chinese Proverb: Man who asks question is fool for a minute, man who doesn't ask is forever a fool

SBSP · Post by **SBSP** » 10 Apr 2008, 08:38

Must it be a command ?

Otherwise you could just edit the crontab file. And put it in manually