On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, sc wrote: > I'm having troubles getting my backups automated. I set up a file "test" > in the cron.d directory with the settings... > > 5,10,15 * * * sunkcost /bin/tar -cf /home/sunkcost/test.tar > /home/sunkcost/test.txt > > I thought that cron was supposed to check through its crontab and related > files every minute or so, but nothing happens. I tried restarting cron > manually, root as the user, and editing crontab directly, but no dice. > > I'm probably missing something really obvious for what seems like a > straightforward setup, but I'm stuck. Can somebody give me some help > here?
man crontab You're supposed to use the crontab command to modify cron settings. Updating files by hand won't work. Damian Menscher -- --==## Grad. student & Sys. Admin. @ U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ##==-- --==## <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ Ofc:(217)333-0038 ##==-- --==## Physics Dept, 1110 W Green, Urbana IL 61801 Fax:(217)333-9819 ##==--
