Timo wrote: > why my crontab not / works like > crontab -e 00 21 * * * /sbin/ifdown eth0 > works fine
You mean you run "crontab -e", and then when it starts its editor (vi by default) you enter "00 21 * * * /sbin/ifdown eth0" then save it? Yes, that should work. But why do you want this to be in your own crontab, not /etc/crontab (or as /etc/cron.d/eth0down)? > But when I try start with file > crontab Eth0Dwn > starts job, but nothing else happend. This is a strange way to want to set a crontab... "man crontab" seems to say it'll work, but the file might need to be executable or something. > Eth0Dwn > 00 21 * * * /sbin/ifdown eth0 I presume you mean that the file "Eth0Dwn" contains that line. What do you see when you "crontab -l"? Why do you want to do this anyway? Isn't it simpler to edit the crontab directly with "crontab -e"? -- Justin B Rye - writing from but not for Datacash Ltd
