Re: [gentoo-user] cronie setup questions

On Wednesday 9 October 2024 16:31:16 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 07:47:34PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > > > The Gentoo install suggested using "cronie". I want to run a script > > > > daily as local user. The config I want is... > > > > 35 7 * * * waltdnes /home/waltdnes/

Re: [gentoo-user] cronie setup questions

On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 at 17:31, Walter Dnes wrote: > What do I need to do to allow "geeqie" to open up in an X window as > user "waltdnes". Prepend the cron command with the display variable. Most likely this would look like: DISPLAY=:0.0 /home/waltdnes/pm/check4update/check4update Regards, Arve

Re: [gentoo-user] cronie setup questions

On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 07:47:34PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > The Gentoo install suggested using "cronie". I want to run a script > daily as local user. The config I want is... > > 35 7 * * * waltdnes /home/waltdnes/pm/check4update/check4update My email shows that the job is launching, but

Re: [gentoo-user] cronie setup questions

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 at 01:47, Walter Dnes wrote: > My head hurts. Which config file do I enter the config into, and are > there any initialization steps? Is there a simpler cron program, if > that would help? As Dale said, 'crontab -e' to edit the current user's crontab is the easiest solution

Re: [gentoo-user] cronie setup questions

Walter Dnes wrote: > The Gentoo install suggested using "cronie". I want to run a script > daily as local user. The config I want is... > > 35 7 * * * waltdnes /home/waltdnes/pm/check4update/check4update > > I did some RTFM... > > * There is no "man cronie" but there is a /etc/init.d/cronie >

[gentoo-user] cronie setup questions

The Gentoo install suggested using "cronie". I want to run a script daily as local user. The config I want is... 35 7 * * * waltdnes /home/waltdnes/pm/check4update/check4update I did some RTFM... * There is no "man cronie" but there is a /etc/init.d/cronie * There is a "man cron" * There i