* Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-27 17:27]: > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 22:11, Johnie Stafford wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 21:52, MKlinke wrote: > > > On Wednesday 27 August 2003 21:21, Marc Adler wrote:
[snip shell script -- I'm too newbie for that...] > > > > Another option is to have cron earn its keep. Add something like this to > > your crontab > > > > */5 * * * * fetchmail >> /var/log/fetchmail.log > > > > sort of what I do. I have a once a day fetchmail cronjob that runs in > the morning for my self. we only have a few users that need this so it > is no big deal. ~/.fetchmailrc has set daemon 300 as the first line so > it puts it in daemon mode if it is not running and tickles it if it is > already running. It only runs once a day : > > 0 7 * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail > So if I understand this properly, */5 means making it run every five minutes, but my ~/.fetchmailrc file is already set to fetch my mail every sixty seconds, so I don't need that, I assume. On the other hand, 0 7 * * * sets it to run at seven in the morning every day, right? The problem is, I turn off my computer during the day sometimes, so if I want to have it run every hour, I'm assuming I should set it like this: * */1 * * * Also, do I need to write out "/usr/bin/fetchmail" or will a simple "fetchmail" do? And a final question: this should be done by using crontab -e to create the var/spool/cron/marc file, right? Thanks for your patience! -- Marc Adler -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
